Langenthal cubit

The Langenthal cubit was a Swiss measure of length and was one of the Bern measures.

This cloth was used in the linen trade and existed alongside the so-called Parisian staff , the Aune . In old measurements, this cubit was 25 ½ Bernese inches long.

To avoid misuse and fraud, the yard was already regulated by ordinances in 1758 and 1761, and sworn cloth examiners and inspectors were employed. To embody the Langenthal cubit as the mother cell, a staff with twice the cubit plus a surcharge of one Bernese inch on each side was used.

• 1 Langenthal yardstick = 276.25 Parisian lines = 0.6232 meters

For comparison, the Bernese yardstick

• 1 Bern cubit = 0.5417 meters

literature

• Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, p. 136.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Albert Jahn: Chronicle, or historical, local and statistical description of the Canton of Bern. Stämplische Verlagshandlung and Friedrich Schultheß, Bern / Zurich 1857, p. 524.
2. ^ Laws and decrees of the Grand and Small Council of the Canton of Bern. Volume 1, Gottlieb Stämpli, Bern 1805, p. 164.