Drone (unit)

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Drone was a unit of area in Hanover and was used as a field measure.

  • 1 drone = ¾ acres (hannov.) = ½ Vorling = 18,490 Paris square feet about 19.64 ares

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measurements, and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 68.
  • Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight for merchants. Sandersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1832, p. 227.