Distance and Measurements

Mass

Gorean 1 GOREAN STONE 1 GOREAN WEIGHT

Earth (US) 4 US pounds 40 US pounds

Earth (Metric) 1.8 kilograms (approx) 18.14 kilograms (approx 10 stone)

Distance

Gorean 1 HORT 1 GOREAN FOOT 1 AH-IL 1 AH-RAL (10 ah-il) 1 PASANG

Earth (US) 1 and 1/4 inches 12 and 1/2 inches 18 inches (approx*) 180 inches (approx. 15 U.S feet) 7/10ths (.7) of a mile (3,696 U.S feet)

Earth (Metric) 3.2 centimeters (approx) 32 centimeters (approx 10 horts) 46.15 centimeters (approx) 461.5 centimeters (approx. 5 meters) 1.2 kilometers (approx. 1232 meters)

Liquid Volume

Gorean 1 TALU

Earth (US) 2 US gallons

Earth (Metric) 7.5 liters (approx)

Solid Volume

The following measurements are "trade weights," meaning that they are, like the ah-il, variable according to the hand size of the measurer. Nevertheless, due to their ease of use, they are retained by the Goreans as practical ways to measure solid volume in a distributory environment, particularly in trade-based Gorean settings where standardized measurements are not available for handy measurement :

• 1 TEF= a closed handful of whatever produce (such as dates) is being weighed. 6 tefs equals one "tefa."

• 1 TEFA= 6 tefs (or closed handfuls), or roughly the amount of merchandise it would take to fill a small basket.

• 1 HUDA= 5 tefa, or small baskets full.

In addition, it only stands to reason that Goreans would also rely upon the "squared measure" of their distance units in measuring solid mass as well as space. The use of the Gorean "square foot" is highly likely, as is the "square hort," the "square ah-il" and "square ah-ral," and the "square pasang."