Comprehensive Imperial

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Comprehensive Imperial, or Princian Comprehensive Imperial, is an adaptation of the British Imperial system of measurement that is currently used by the Princian Commonwealth in coexistence with the Metric system. Many units are the same in the British Imperial system as they are in Comprehensive Imperial but with a few additions and some refinement.

Units of length

Standard units

Unit Symbol Relative to previous
Line
Barleycorn bc 4‴
Inch 3bc
Shaftment shft 6″
Foot 2shft
Yard yd 3′
Fathom ftm 2yd
Chain ch 11ftm
Furlong fur 10ch
Mile mi 8fur
League lea 3mi
Stage stg 10lea

Customary units

Unit Symbol Composition
Rod rd 2ftm-1yd-1′-1shft
Romslength rm 2ftm-1yd-2′-1shft-5″-2bc-3‴
Exactuslength ex 1ftm-1yd-1′-1shft-1″-1bc-1‴
Cleague clea 2mi-7fur-9ch-10ftm-1yd-2′-1shft-5″-2bc-3‴
Roadinlength rl 2fur-5ch-5ftm
Paperheight ph √2ftm or 1ftm-2′-5″-2bc-2‴

Units of area

Acre-based units

Unit Symbol Relative to previous
Acre ac 1fur × 1ch
Oxgang ox 15ac
Virgate vr 2ox
Carucate cr 4vr

Square-based units

Unit Symbol Composition
Square Line sq ln 1‴ × 1‴
Square Barleycorn sq bc 1bc × 1bc
Square Inch sq in 1″ × 1″
Square Shaftment sq shft 1shft × 1shft
Square Foot sq ft 1′ × 1′
Square Yard sq yd 1yd × 1yd
Square Fathom sq ftm 1ftm × 1ftm
Square Chain sq ch 1ch × 1ch
Square Furlong sq fur 1fur × 1fur
Square Mile sq mi 1mi × 1mi
Square League sq lea 1lea × 1lea
Square Stage sq stg 1stg × 1stg

Customary units

Unit Symbol Composition
Perch pch 1rd × 1rd
Rood rood 1fur × 1rd

Paper sizes

Size Composition Notes
P(-5) 1stg × √2stg Largest paper size
P(-4) 1lea × √2lea
P(-3) 1mi × √2mi
P(-2) 1fur × √2fur
P(-1) 1ch × √2ch
P(0) 1ftm × 1ph Base paper size
P(1) 1yd × √2yd
P(2) 1′ × √2′
P(3) 1shft × √2shft
P(4) 1″ × √2″
P(5) 1bc × √2bc
P(6) 1‴ × √2‴ Smallest paper size

Units of volume

Standard units

Unit Symbol Relative to previous
Minim min
Dram dm 60min
Pint pt 160dm
Gallon gal 8pt

Units of weight

Standard units

Unit Symbol Relative to previous
Grain gr
Drachm dch 60gr
Ounce oz 8dch
Pound lb 16oz
Stone st 14lb
Quarter qr 2st
Hundredweight cwt 4qr
Ton t 20cwt

Degrees of temperature

Unit Scale Equivalence In Celsius
Finite degrees madoc 0°M⁻ Absolute zero −273.15°C
100°M⁻ Freezing point of H2O (water) under 1,013.25 hPa of pressure 0°C
Infinite degrees madoc 0°M⁺
100°M⁺ Boiling point of C2H6O (ethanol) under 1,013.25 hPa of pressure 78.37°C