Bohemian dash
The Bohemian line , or Korec in Czech, was, in addition to an old grain measure, also an old field and arable measure. As a measure of area, it was also referred to as the Prague line and was considered an Austrian measure.
The bohemian dash was derived from the yoke and it corresponded to:
- 1 Bohemian line = ½ yoke = 800 Viennese square fathoms (Viennese = 3.597 square meters) = 2877.6 square meters
- 1 Austrian square mile = 10,000 yoke = 20,000 Bohemian dash
When sowing were
- 2 bohemian lines = 1 yoke = 1,600 square fathoms
When volume measure was
- 1 Bohemian dash = 4 quarters = 16 Metzen (Bohemian) = 192 Seidel (Bohemian) = 4718.71 Parisian cubic inches, about 93.6 liters
The line was divided into halves, quarters, eighths, sixteenths and so on. A decree of April 14th, 1764 stipulated that practically 657 lines were equal to 1000 Viennese meatballs. Exactly it was 10,000 lines that resembled 15,220 Metzen (Wiener).
From the end of 1855, the engraving was prohibited, but was used more and more as a field and grain measure in Bohemia.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schneider: Pocket book of measure and weight. Published by Friedrich August Herbig, Berlin 1839, p. 372.
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi: General theoretical-practical urban and agricultural studies. Volumes 1–2, Johann Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig 1790, p. 243.
- ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Schneider: Pocket book of measure and weight. Verlag Friedrich August Herbig, Berlin 1839, p. 376.
- ^ Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for businessmen in general: or, Complete dictionary. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1838, p. 655.
- ^ Joseph Jäckel: Zementierungs-Lexikon for all traders and tradespeople according to the Austrian cementation documents. Anton Strauss, Vienna 1824, p. 199.
- ^ Author collective: Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. FA Brockhaus Leipzig / Berlin / Vienna 1894–1896, p. 436.