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Giving rifling to the Romans (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncia_(unit)

The Roman inch was equal to 1โ„12 of a Roman foot (pes), which was standardized under Agrippa to about 0.97 inches or 24.6 millimeters.

Good enough for government work?