Hundreds of a rod

The Hundertelrute was in Prussia a legally approved Dimension designation for a linear dimension, just like the Zehntelrute . This designation avoided confusion with the dimensions decimal feet and decimal inches. The measure was used as a field measure. It was derived from the rod .

• 1 rod (Prussia) = 12 feet = 1669.56 Parisian lines = 3.7662125 meters
• 1 hundred of a rod = 3.7662 centimeters

literature

• 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. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 168.
• Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete pocket book of the coin size and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading centers. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 114.
• Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 13, Altenburg 1861, pp. 488-519.