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Nothing confuses our American school children quite as much as beginning arithmetic classes in weights and measure. | Nothing confuses our American school children quite as much as beginning arithmetic classes in weights and measure. | ||
Anyone who has ever taught primary school, or helped a child with his lessons, know it does no good to explain why we have twelve inches in a foot or three feet in a yard; children are incredulous when told a mile is 5280 feet and so on. Any logic escapes them; the system simply requires memorization. | |||
The subject of switching to the metric system frequently is discussed in the United States. European countries such as Norway are often held up as examples of places where the weights and measures systems function smoothly with decimal units. | The subject of switching to the metric system frequently is discussed in the United States. European countries such as Norway are often held up as examples of places where the weights and measures systems function smoothly with decimal units. | ||
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'''centner''' - one hundred pund. | '''centner''' - one hundred pund. | ||
''' | '''laup''' - a round wooden box with handles which when used as a measure was about 33 pund. | ||
'''lest '''- the nautical weight of about 400 pounds or in dry measure 12 tønne. When used to weigh timeber it was about 5200 pounds. | |||
'''lispund''' - ususlly cited as 18 pund. However, in upper Østerdalen it was equal to 16 pund or 52 kilograms. | '''lispund''' - ususlly cited as 18 pund. However, in upper Østerdalen it was equal to 16 pund or 52 kilograms. | ||
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This discussion of the old weights and measures may have seemed more complicated than is warranted, but these are terms which we have found in our use of the older local historical and genealogical sources. An understanding of the terms should make the reference come alive. | This discussion of the old weights and measures may have seemed more complicated than is warranted, but these are terms which we have found in our use of the older local historical and genealogical sources. An understanding of the terms should make the reference come alive. | ||
Additional information about | Additional information about weight and measure can be found at the following links: | ||