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Weights and Measures

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  • Knot in hair
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    page form Jane Jackson's book

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    Damaged human hair, bleached and straightened, SEM

    Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute
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    A discourse of the Romane foot, and denarius: from whence, as from two principles, the measures and weights, used by the ancients, may be deduced / By John Greaves.

    Greaves, John, 1602-1652. | Date: 1647
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    Human hair (Asian origin)

    Lauren Holden
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    Hébert, Michel Pierre Alexis (1799-1887)

    Hébert, Michel Pierre Alexis, 1799-1887 | Date: 1855-1859 | Reference: MS.2822
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