Barleycorn
Barleycorn , also Barley-corn or Barley corn , the stye , was an Anglo-American measure of length.
- 1 barleycorn = 1 ⁄ 3 inch = 0.84 6 centimeters
- 1 poppyseed = 1 line = 1 ⁄ 4 barleycorn = 1 ⁄ 12 inch = 1 ⁄ 144 feet (US) = 2.11 6 millimeters
- rare: 1 poppyseed = 1 line = 1 ⁄ 5 barleycorn = 1 ⁄ 15 inch = 1 ⁄ 180 feet (US) = 1.69 3 millimeters
literature
- Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 25.
- Steven A. Treese: History and Measurement of the Base and Derived Units. Springer, 2018, p. 173 Table 4.5, ISBN 978-3-319-77576-0 .