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1 3.9 Importance of standard weights and measures. U.S. standard weights and measure can trace their origin to thirteenth century England when King Edward initiated standards. “There is to be a single measure for wine throughout our realm, and a single measure for ale, and a single measure for Corn, that is to say the London quarter, and a single breadth for dyed cloth, russets, and haberjects, that is to say two yards within the lists. And it shall be the same for weights as for measures.” MAGNA CARTA art. 25, http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/translation.html (last visited Feb. 10, 2016).