Barleycorn

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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 .