Английская Википедия:Fotmal

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The fotmal (Шаблон:Lang-ang, Шаблон:Abbr "foot-measure"; Шаблон:Lang-la), also known as the foot (Шаблон:Lang), formel, fontinel, and fotmell, was an English unit of variable weight particularly used in measuring production, sales, and duties of lead.Шаблон:Sfnp

Under the Шаблон:Circa Assize of Weights and Measures, it was equal to 70 Merchants' pounds and made up Шаблон:Frac of a load of lead.[1] Elsewhere, it was made of 70 avoirdupois pounds and made up Шаблон:Frac load.Шаблон:Sfnp According to Kiernan, in 16th-century Derbyshire, the fotmal was divided into "boles" and made up Шаблон:Frac of a fother, meaning it was considered to be 84 avoirdupois pounds.Шаблон:Sfnp

It continued to be used until the 16th century.Шаблон:Sfnp

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