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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.

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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.

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For that matter, coal from different mines, whether hard or soft, differs in weight, and consequently in cubic measure, according to quality.

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She assented, and Donal gave them a lesson in cubic measure and content.

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The weight of the cubic measure was also the standard for imperial weight in Babylonia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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