Corde (unit)

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The cords , with cord called, was a Swedish measure of length .

A law of January 1855 established January 1863 as the start of the new system of measures and weights, with the stipulation that old measures should not be rigorously eliminated.

  • 1 cord / string = 10 rods
  • 1 pole / pole = 10 feet (Swedish) = 2.968 meters

See also

  • Spanish measure Cordel see here
  • French firewood measurements see here

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 285
  2. ^ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange, government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 416
  3. ↑ Franz Minsinger: textbook of arithmetic and algebra. Verlag der Karl Köllman'schen Buchhandlung, Augsburg 1832, p. 273