Fossories
The Fossorier , depending on the canton, Fosserée, also Fossoyée or Ouvrée, was an old field measure in Switzerland and France .
Canton of Vaud
In the canton of Vaud and Lausanne , the measure was called fossorier.
As of January 1823, the toise (fathom) was equated to 10 feet. The foot was 300 millimeters long.
- 1 fossory = 50 square fathoms = 450 square meters = 4.5 ares
- 10 Fossorier = 1 pose / Juchart = 4500 square meters = 1 ¼ Juchart (Swiss)
Canton of Geneva
As a surface measure in the canton of Geneva , the measure was also referred to as Fossoyée or Ouvrée.
- 1 Fossoyée / Ouvrée = 337.663 square meters
France
In Hautes-Alpes the name was Fossorée
- In Gap : 1 Fossorée de vignobles = 3.8048 square meters (vineyard size)
- In Embrun : 1 fossorée = 4.0028 square meters
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and weight book. Jäger'schen book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main 1830, p. 334.
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 463.
- ↑ Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights, along with details of the trading venues and their accounting conditions. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, pp. 129, 288.
- ↑ Horace Doursther: Dictionnaire universel des poids et mesures anciens et modern. M. Hayez, Imprimeur de l ́académie royale, Bruxelles 1840, p. 151.