The History of English Podcast

Episode 115: The Measure of a Person

Aug 21, 2018
Explore the history and standardization of measurements, the influence of different cultures on measurement words, the origins and connections of maritime measurements, the evolution of measurement standards and the role of Pi-Powder courts, the challenges of the bread law and the origins of a baker's dozen, and the significance of the number twelve and its divisions in human life.
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