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As modern studies show, the actual length of a kernel of barley varies from as short as 0.16–0.28 in (4–7 mm) to as long as 0.47–0.59 in (12–15 mm) depending on the cultivar. Older sources claimed the average length of a grain of barley was 0.345 in (8.8 mm), while that
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Appendix consisting of O[illegible]s and Curious Acts, some of which were never [b]efore printed
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226:dry and rounde" were to serve as the basis for the
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16:Historic unit of length, basis of shoe sizes
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215:that was notionally in force until the
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505:Sýrkorová, Alena; et al. (2009).
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507:"Size Distribution of Barley Kernels"
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330:List of unusual units of measurement
593:Comparison with US customary system
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209:Composition of Yards and Perches
230:and thence the larger units of
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217:1824 Weights and Measures Act
163:United States customary units
276:. The formal barleycorn was
272:bar held by the king or the
19:Not to be confused with the
7:
1134:Twenty-foot equivalent unit
488:Ullrich, Steven E. (2011).
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246:, an important unit of
1000:Pounds per square inch
463:. Madison, Wisconsin:
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612:Thousandth of an inch
526:10.17221/26/2009-CJFS
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1016:British thermal unit
455:Zupko, Ronald Edward
425:Fowler, W. (1884).
316:of a barleycorn or
85:... is equal to ...
46:General information
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378:, Edinburgh, 1769
255:Laws of Hywel Dda
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73:Conversions
23:, a related unit.
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617:Barleycorn
376:Britannica
362:References
326:of an inch
197:shoe sizes
171:barleycorn
29:Barleycorn
1117:Exchequer
974:Ship load
540:"Brewing"
439:8 January
335:Poppyseed
181:equal to
1149:Category
988:Pressure
893:Hogshead
848:Chaldron
797:Teaspoon
457:(1977).
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298:See also
159:Imperial
133:SI units
1076:Poundal
1061:Kenning
1031:Rankine
954:Quarter
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749:Derived
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352:⁄
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281:⁄
240:perches
203:History
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1021:Degree
934:Drachm
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878:Bushel
832:Gallon
766:Hoppus
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191:of an
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268:, or
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723:Rood
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632:Link
627:Hand
622:Inch
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244:acre
232:feet
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