Hexapeda
The Hexapeda (Pl. Hexapedae, dt. Hexaped, from Greek "hexa" = "six" and Latin "pes" Pl. "Pedes" = "foot") was a unit of length that roughly corresponded to the fathom .
A hexapeda was made up of six feet , which was the equivalent of a toise . In the metric system , a hexapeda corresponds approximately to a length of 1.9 m.
Common abbreviations for the Hexapeda are "Hex." Or "Hexap.".
The Hexapeda was z. B. common for altitude information that can be found in botanical literature. The specification of the locus typicus in the first description of Rhipsalis micrantha by Karl Sigismund Kunth serve as an example : “prope Olleros Quitensium, old. 740 hex. ”(“ Near Olleros Quitensium, at an altitude of 740 Hexapedae ”).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Sigismund Kunth: “2. Cactus (Rhipsalis?) Micranthus ”, in Nova genera et species plantarum (quarto ed.) 6: 65. 1823, digitized
literature
- Stephanus Kats : De Calculo Hexapedae, ejusque partium, in XII. subdivisarum, ... (Buda (= Budapest) 1798, digitized version )
- Georg von Vega : Logarithmic, trigonometric and other tables and formulas set up for the use of mathematics (Vienna 1783. 2nd edition: 2 vols., Leipzig 1797, digitized, vol. 1 , digitized, vol. 2 )