Thumbs
The Daumelle [dumelle], Thumbselle or Dammel was an Austrian measure of length and was valid in Carinthia .
In Sachsenspiegel has already been mentioned as heights and lengths. The thumb cell was originally measured from the elbow to the tip of the thumb. No celebrity achieved the double measure (2 thumbs) as the length for the oak stick for the punishment of punishment with a stick.
- 1 thumb = 2 ½ feet (Viennese) = 415.32 Parisian lines = 0.7903 meters
- 1 thumb line = 19 inches 3½ lines
literature
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1849, p. 419.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich Gottfried Philipp Gengler: The Schwabenspiegel land law book . Theodor Blaesing, Erlangen 1853, p. 211
- ^ Theodor Möbius: Old Norse Glossary. Verlag BG Teubner, Leipzig 1866, p. 450
- ^ Johann Leonard Frisch: German-Latin words book . Verlag Christoph Gottlieb Nicolai, Berlin 1741, p. 225
- ^ Karl Rumler: Overview of the measures, weights and currencies of the most excellent states. Verlag Jasper, Hügel u. Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 42.
- ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1888