Sążeń
Sążeń nowopolski was a Polish measure of length. (Also for the preamble Saschen or fathoms in international literature Sazen written) are at least two different reference values for Poland known. The sążeń nowopolski (meaning: New Polish fathom ) was the valid measure of length in Congress Poland from 1819 to 1848 and was considered to be Krakow measure from 1836 (cf. Republic of Krakow ). The stopa ( feet ) referred to corresponded to 127.669 Paris lines or 0.288 meters . He replaced the sążeń staropolski ("old" Polish fathom ), which was introduced in 1764 under Russian hegemony .
- 1 Sążeń nowopolski = 6 stopy / foot = 1,728 meters
- for comparison: 1 Sążeń staropolski = 1,786 m
See also
- the Russian measure of Saschen
- Pręt (unit) (rod)
literature
- Eduard Doering: Handbook of coin, bill of exchange, mass and weight customer or explanation of bill of exchange, currency and government paper rate notes, bill of exchange usages, dimensions and weights of all countries and trading venues, in addition to the general German bill of exchange regulations. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, p. 270.
- Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 377.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN in the Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN , Vol. 10. (“Robi-Step”). Warsaw, 1967, p. 381; see. Literature entries (Doering and Silber)