Old weights and measures (Poland)

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A ukase dated January 20, 1848 (February 11) stipulated that in Poland, at that time a province of Russia, no other measures than the Russian measures and weights were allowed. They were in effect from April 19, 1849 (May 1).

Length measurements

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At any time during the Kingdom of Poland , which existed between 1000 and 1795, i.e. has nothing to do with the ukase of 1848, the following applied:

  • 1 sążeń ( fathoms ) = 6 stóp
  • 1 Łokieć ( cubit ) = 13 ⅓ Ławek
  • 1 stopa ( foot ) = 10 Ławek = 18 cali = 1 pręcik
  • 1 Sznur ( rope ) = 10 Prętów = 100 Pręcików = 1000 Ławek = 44.665 m
  • 1 pręt ( rod ) = 100 Ławek = 4.466 m
  • 1 Ławka = 43 1/5 millimeter = 1 4/5 cal

An edict was issued for the Republic of Krakow on December 7, 1836, at the time not part of Poland, to introduce the new dimensions. So it was:

  • 1 Cal = 0.0248 m
  • 1 Stopa = 12 Cali = 0.298 m
  • 1 Łokieć = 2 Stóp = 0.596 m
  • 1 Sążeń = 3 Łokcie = 1,788 m

Before the introduction of this Krakow system, which was adapted to the newer French system of measurement, the following measurements were used. The contradiction to the aforementioned dimensions is surprising, but nevertheless;

  • 1 stop = 0.3564 metr = 12 cal
  • 1 Łokieć = 0.61697 metr

Further length dimensions:

Area dimensions

Volume measurements

Weight measurements

literature

  • Zofia de Bondy: Słownik rzeczy i spraw polskich , 1934
  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ... Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862
  • Donald Fenna: Jednostki miar. Świat Książki 2004, ISBN 83-7391-320-3
  • Zygmunt Gloger: Encyklopedia Staropolska. 1900-1903
  • Ireneusz Ihnatowicz: Vademecum do badań nad historią XIX i XX wieku. cz 1st, 1967
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world .... Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Karl Rumler: Overview of the dimensions, weights, etc. Currencies of the most excellent countries ... Jasper Huegel Manz, Vienna 1859, p. 42