Belt measure
The old square measure, designated by the collective term belt measure, had different sizes, depending on the specific designation, such as belt rod, belt inch and belt shoe. It was an area with the length of the named unit and a width of the next smaller dimension.
This was usually the tenth or twelfth, in some areas also the sixteenth part of the cross or square measure. The name is derived from the belt, which is known to be long but narrow.
The oar rod had an area of
The strap foot or strap shoe had an area of
- 1 foot long and 1 inch wide
The belt inch was a rectangle the size of
- 1 inch long and 1 line wide
The same applied analogously to belt lines, of which 10 or 12 units resulted in 1 belt inch. The belt inch, for example, is again divided into 10 square grains. 1 square grain = 10 belt grain. If the belt size was derived from the square fathom, one spoke of "folded" belt size.
In the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel , the Juchart was divided into the corresponding belt dimensions by dividing it into 16.
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 279.
- Johann Georg Krünitz : Economic encyclopedia or general system of state, city, house and Agriculture. Tape ? (not specified), Verlag Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1781, p. 371. in the online version ( [2] )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pierer 's Universal Lexicon. 4th edition, 1857-1865.
- ^ A b Herrmann Julius Meyer : The large conversation lexicon for the educated classes. Printing and publishing of the Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen 1850, p. 1199.
- ^ Johann Rudolph Fäsch : War, Engineering and Artillery Lexicon. Weigel, 1726, p. 206.
- ↑ JP Joendl: The agricultural architecture. Volume 3, printed by v. Schönfeld, Prague 1829, p. 660.
- ↑ August Schiebe : Universal Lexicon of Commercial Sciences. Volume 3, Friedrich Fleischer / Schumann Brothers, Leipzig / Zwickau, 1839, p. 62. [1]