Pollegada

The Pollegada was a Brazilian-Portuguese measure of length in the Kingdom of Brazil and corresponded to customs . A law of April 24, 1835 was supposed to bring improvements in measurement.

• 1 pollegada = 1.5 dedo (finger width) = 6 grãos (barley grains)
• 1 Pollegada = 12 Linhas = 144 Pontos (line and dots)
• 8 pollegadas = 1 palmo de craveiro ( span ) = 97.525 Parisian lines = 0.22 meters
• 12 pollegadas = 1.5 palmo = 1 pé ( feet ) = 146.2877 Paris lines = 0.3285 meters

literature

• Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1849, p. 509.
• Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler , Karl Ludwig Littrow : Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's Physical Dictionary. Volume 6, EB Schurckert, Leipzig 1836, p. 1387.