Outer thread

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The outer thread was a measure of length in Estonia in the port city of Pernau .

The normal thread (the fathoms) was only six feet and was 1.6479 meters long (the foot was calculated 1 foot = ½ cubit = 121.75 Parisian lines = 0.27465 meters)

According to other sources, the values ​​were

  • 1 outer thread = 7 feet = 1.8816 meters (calculated)

The normal thread or fathom was only six feet and a length of 1.6128 meters (calculated, 1 foot = ½ cubit = 119.16 Parisian lines = 0.2688 meters)

See also

literature

  • JF Georgii: Handbok i handelsvetenskapernas alla särskilta grenar, etc. AI Norman, Stockholm 1859, p. 140.
  • Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 158.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of coin, measure and weight ratios Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 370.