Man taste

The Mannsmack was a field measure in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland . Meadows were measured with this measure.

Two different values ​​marked the measure: an old and a new measure. As was the old standard

• 1 man's taste = 600 square fathoms = 1944 square meters

The new man's taste was

• 1 man's taste = 800 square fathoms = 2592 square meters

literature

• Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for businessmen in general: or, Complete dictionary. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1838, pp. 146, 240