Orlong

That, or more rarely the Orlong , was a rear Indian area and arable measure. This measure also applied on Prince of Wales Island .

The basis was a square with an edge length of 1 orlong. The measure was divided into 160 hastas = 80 yards (engl.). The hasta was the yardstick , about ½ yard.

1 orlong = 20 jumbas = 25,600 square hastas / hästas = 51.086 2/5 Parisian quarter feet / square foot = 5494 1/5 square meter (53.51 acres )

literature

M. Mendelssohn: Handbook of coin, measurement and weight studies, taking into account the new coin and weight system, with detailed reduction tables. Horvarth'sche Buchhandlung, Potsdam 1859, pp. 120, 214.

Individual evidence

^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 979.
^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 219.
^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 418.

[1] Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 979.

[2] Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 219.

[3] Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 418.