Carré (unit)
The Carré , also Quarré , was a square measure on Trinidad , Martinique , St. Lucia and various French West Indies . Differences in the dimensions at the various places in the decimal places are negligibly small. Ten thousand paces (pas carrés) were the measure.
- 1 square = 18526 ¼ square - varas = 129.17 ares
- Martinique : 1 square = 122.5 Parisian feet (old) = 129.26 ares
The square was also widespread as a field measure in French India .
- 1 carré = 3 vélys = 60 mas / canis = 6000 cougis
- 1 cougi = 13.3055 square meters
- 1 Mas / Cani = 13.3055 Ar
literature
- Joseph Meyer : The great conversation lexicon for the educated classes. Volume 14, Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen / Amsterdam / Paris / Philadelphia 1853, p. 365.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete pocket book of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 964.