Codo (unit)
Codo was a Spanish measure of length. It was the cubit .
- Spain
- 1 Codo = 188 Paris Lines = 0.4075 meters (0.4179535 meters)
- 4 Codo = 1 Estado
- 1 codo = 1 ½ pies = 2 large palmos = 6 small palmos = 18 pulgadas = 24 dedos = 288 lineas
There was also a codo de ribera with 4½ pulgadas. It was the measure reserved for the royal camps. The 8 Palmos ribera in which the measure could be divided corresponded to 125.3 feet (span.)
- In Morocco , the Europeans used Codo to refer to the Moroccan Elle Dhrá or Kala .
- Dhrá = 8 tomnias = 253.122 Parisian lines = 0.571 meters
- 1 Codo = 253 Paris Lines = 0.570723 meters
- in the Antilles
- 1 Codo = 3 Palmos mayores = 18 Pulgadas = 187.899 Paris lines = 0.423849 meters
- 1 Codo = 187.8499 Paris Lines = 0.42375 meters
literature
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 135 .
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world ... Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 244.
- H. Schwegel: Morocco. Publishing house of the KK Österr. Handels-Museum, Vienna 1900, p.61.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 212
- ^ Samuel Ricard, Thomas Heinrich Gadebusch: Handbook of the merchants: or general overview and description ..., Volume 2, Verlag Anton Ferdinand Röse, Greifswald 1784, p. 301
- ↑ Georg Thomas Flügel: Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Publisher LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 184
- ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Verlag Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 250