cubic measure
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The weight of the cubic measure was also the standard for imperial weight in Babylonia.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
Decist�re, des-i-stār, n. a cubic measure equal to 1⁄10 stere.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
A very accurate analysis gives, at Montreal, in July, atmospheric air in solution or admixture 446 per cent; for a quart of this water, 57 inches cubic measure, evaporated to dryness, left 2.87 solid residue.
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry
It was the ships of the Phenicians which brought the cubic measure, and the weights, and the cubit of Babylonia to the shores of Greece, and caused them to be adopted there.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
She assented, and Donal gave them a lesson in cubic measure and content.
From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George
