Cameral foot

The cameral foot , also cameral foot or, more rarely, camera foot, was a German measure of length. Since 1801, the old Mainz cameral foot had these values ​​for the Camerale :

• 1 cameral foot = 127.36 Paris lines = 0.2875 meters

It was divided duodecimally into 12 inches with 12 lines each . The area of ​​application extended to the Duchy of Nassau (1806 to 1866) with its capital Wiesbaden . Even if two feet were generally a cubit , in Wiesbaden the cubit was not so adapted.

• Wiesbaden 1 yard = 246.25 Paris lines = 0.5555 meters

Immediate values ​​for the region to compare the unit of measurement feet with the cameral foot:

In Mainz the normal foot had different values ​​and so it was

• Mainz 1 foot / work shoe = 129.13 Parisian lines = 0.2915 meters
• Hanau 1 foot = 127.18 Paris lines = 0.2852 meters
• Electorate of Hesse, Rinteln 1 foot = 128 Paris lines = 0.28875 meters
• Electorate of Hesse, Kassel 1 foot = 127.536 Parisian lines = 0.2877 meters divided duodecimally and was considered the Kurhessischer normal foot
• Grand Duchy of Hessen-Darmstadt , Mainz 1 ordinary foot = 139.22 Parisian lines = 0.3141 meters also divided duodecimally

In the Grand Duchy of Hesse , a new foot was introduced in 1821, which was adapted to the new French dimensions. He was decimal divided into 10 inches of 10 lines.

• 1 foot = 110.824 Paris lines = 0.25 meters

literature

• Alexander von Lengerke: Agricultural statistics of the German federal states. Volume 1, George Westermann, Braunschweig 1840, p. 259.