Ser (unit)
{{Short description|Obsolete Indian unit of dry volume}}
A ser is an obsolete unit of dry volume{{cite web |url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html |title=Units: S |website=www.unc.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815074301/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html |archive-date=2000-08-15}} in India. In 1871 it was defined as being exactly 1 litre. After metrication in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete. It was the unit in pre-modern India which was so close to the metric values of volume approx equal to a litre.
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{{cite web |url=http://www.sizes.com/units/Ser.htm |title=Ser |accessdate=2007-02-19 |website=Sizes |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020190240/http://www.sizes.com/units/ser.htm |archivedate=2006-10-20 }}
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Category:Customary units in India
Category:Obsolete units of measurement
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