Hvat
Hvat , Croat . and Serbian name for the fathom , a measure of length that Maria Theresa standardized and introduced as obligatory for the kingdoms of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia (but was not followed) in 1756. Viennese fathoms around 1780:
- 1 Hvat = 1.896 meters (1.896484 meters)
- 1 meter = 0.527292 hvata
- 1 Stopa = 1/6 Hvat = 0.316 meters (0.316081 meters)
In the relationship as a square measure was square fathoms
- 1 kvadratnih hvati = 3,596 square meters (1/1000 Dan oranja )
- 1 motika = 200 kvadratnih hvati / square hvati = 719.3304 square meters
- 1 lanac / chain = 10 motika = 2000 square-hvati = 7193.304 square meters
literature
- Edward Wight Washburn : International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology. Volume 1, Mc Graw-Hill Book Company Inc., New York 1926, p. 14.
- International Institute of Agriculture: Recueil de coefficients et d'équivalences. l'Institut international d'agriculture, 1922, p. 27. (digitized version from 9/2010)