Refe (unit)
The Refe , also Rähf , was a measure of length and corresponded to the cubit . The measure applied to Madagascar and was set anew every year after the rice harvest. The cubit fluctuated between 1 and 2 meters . The measure was used to measure the blue and white linen traded there .
- Example 1 Refe = 270 Paris Lines = 3/5 meters or 1 foot 11 inches 3 lines
In Mahajanga the length was shorter than the old Aune and had
- Example 1 Refe = 526 5/6 Paris lines or 1.188 meters.
- Example The refe in the north was twice as long.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 243.
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 276.
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of coin, measure and weight ratios ..., Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 583.