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=== Length === * ''skrupel'' – Scruple, {{frac|1|12}} ''linie'' * ''linie'' – Line, {{frac|1|12}} ''tomme'' * ''tomme'' – Inch, {{frac|1|12}} ''fod'' * ''palme'' – Palm, for circumference, 8.86 cm * ''kvarter'' – Quarter, {{frac|1|4}} ''alen'' * ''fod'' – Defined as a ''Rheinfuss'' 31.407 cm from 1683, before that 31.41 cm with variations. * ''alen'' – Forearm, 2 ''fod'' * ''mil'' – Danish mile. Towards the end of the 17th century, Ole Rømer connected the mile to the circumference of the earth, and defined it as 12000 ''alen''. This definition was adopted in 1816 as the Prussian ''Meile''. The coordinated definition from 1835 was 7.532 km. Earlier, there were many variants, the most commonplace the ''[[Sjælland]]sk miil'' of 17600 ''fod'' or 11.130 km.
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