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Magdalene ... at give Christian V's kongelige mathematicus Ole Rømer (1644–1710) æren for udformningen af forordningen af 1.V.1683
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201:⁄
170:apart.
154:/early
138:History
124:Denmark
80:scholar
1618:N-body
1556:Indian
1531:Arabic
1394:Somali
1369:Libyan
1337:Africa
1308:Syrian
1258:Korean
1243:Indian
1233:Afghan
1197:Slovak
1167:Polish
1105:German
1088:French
1051:Danish
1029:Europe
995:Metric
926:Metric
906:Stoney
896:Planck
881:Atomic
666:
614:
546:cubic
528:Weight
486:potter
477:potter
465:cubic
433:Volume
256:Thisus
224:Length
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
1606:Other
1571:Roman
1551:Hindu
1546:Greek
1430:Cuban
1318:Tatar
1278:Omani
1217:Welsh
1212:Swiss
1132:Irish
1110:Greek
1056:Dutch
1046:Czech
1016:(CGS)
1010:(MTS)
1004:(MKS)
976:(FPS)
957:UK/US
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688:(PDF)
561:dusin
518:2.04
509:potte
494:unit
453:potte
407:linie
385:tomme
368:linie
346:tomme
285:palme
268:Meile
196:) as
173:King
164:Nydam
144:Danes
87:JSTOR
73:books
1323:Thai
1293:Pegu
1226:Asia
864:(US)
847:Troy
664:ISBN
612:ISBN
585:gros
575:– 60
573:skok
567:snes
534:pund
439:pægl
425:, 8
413:Area
372:line
350:inch
341:alen
312:foot
301:, 2
295:alen
289:palm
279:alen
275:miil
264:alen
244:mile
211:alen
194:pund
148:pous
142:The
118:The
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303:fod
299:ell
240:mil
168:fod
42:by
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579:ol
543:62
520:Pt
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443:da
421:–
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392:–
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374:,
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297:–
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