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Definition and details for point (ATA):
Point (pt) is used by typographers and printers. In past, one point represented the smallest element of type that could printing machines handle. The ATA point is defined to be equal to 0.3514598 mm, or 0.0138366 inch. This unit is used on the island of the United Kingdom and on the American continent.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
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