MEASURES
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MEASURES

Lenght

- Ah-il and Ah-rah

"Cloth is measured in the ah-il, which is the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, and the ah-rah, which is ten ah-ils."
"Tribesmen of Gor" page 50

- Gorean Foot

"The Gorean foot is, in my estimation, just slightly longer than the Earth foot; based on the supposition that each of its ten Horts is roughly one and one-quarter inches long, I would give the Gorean foot a length of roughly twelve and one-half inches, Earth measure."
"Raiders of Gor" page 127

- Hort

"The hort is approximately and inch and a quarter in length."
"Tribesmen of Gor" page 49

- Pasang

"The pasang is a measure of distance on Gor, equivalent approximately to .7 of a mile."
"Tarnsman of Gor" page 58

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Weight

- Weight

"I have calculated this from the Weight, a Gorean unit of measurement based on the Stone, which is about four Earth pounds. A Weight is ten Stone." >br>"Raiders of Gor" page 127 "A given tree, annually, yields between one and five Gorean weights of fruit. A weight is some ten stone, or some forty Earth pounds." Tribesmen of Gor, page 37

- Stone

"Each cylinder, roped to others, weighed in the neighbourhood of ten stone, or some forty pounds, a Gorean �Weight.�"
"Tribesmen of Gor" page 37

Tef

"A handful with the five fingers closed, not open, is a tef. Six such handfuls constitutes a tefa, which is a tiny basket. Five such baskets constitutes a huda."
"Tribesmen of Gor" page 46

Huda

"A handful with the five fingers closed, not open, is a tef. Six such handfuls constitutes a tefa, which is a tiny basket. Five such baskets constitutes a huda."
"Tribesmen of Gor" page 46

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Capacity

- Talu

"A talu is approximately two gallons. A talu bag is a small bag."
"Tribesmen of Gor" page 242

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