Barre (unit)

Barre , also Barra , was a Spanish measure of length. It corresponded to the cubit measure and was used in the textile trade. There were three different types: the Valencian, the Castilian and the Aragon barre. Metric values ​​are widely scattered through the Aune / Pariser Elle, as this was different in every region and time.

• Valencia 1 bar = 2 feet, 9 inches, 7 lines = 10/13 Paris cubits
  • 13 Valencian bars = about 10 aune
• Castile 1 bar = 2 feet, 7 inches, 2 lines = 5/7 aune
  • 7 Castilian bars = 5 aune

The Aragon bar differs only a few lines from the Valencian and Castilian bar.

• Aragon 3 Aragon bars = 2 aune

literature

• Johann Georg Krünitz, Friedrich Jakob Floerken, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth, Carl Otto Hoffmann, Ludwig Kossarski: Economic Encyclopedia. Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1778 online