Rod (unit)
The bar was an Estonian measure of length that was divided into 5 Kubjas steps , which was 15 feet (English or Russian) or 4.57192 meters. The underlying system of measurement was suspended in 1845 in favor of the Russian one.
The stång was a Swedish measure of length that was 2.96901 meters . According to the Swedish law of January 31, 1855, a new decimal system was introduced, but it did not become binding until January 1, 1863. In this system, 10 feet = 1 rod, 10 rods = 1 string or cord. One foot was equal to 0.296901 meters. The 10 inch fot / foot or tum was divided into 10 lines. In the previous duodecimal system , the foot was 12 inches with 12 lines, but the same absolute measurement, = 131.615 Paris lines = 0.2969 m. A thread or famn in this system was 6 feet.
In the Prussian province of Silesia 1 pole or rod was 15 feet, which is about 4,319 meters
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1006 Google book page preview
- ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Verlag Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 159 Google book page preview
- ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: The coin, measure and weight book. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 682. Google book page preview
- ↑ Georg Thomas Flügel: Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Publisher LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 285. Google book page preview
- ↑ Moses Heinemann: The well-trained clerk and merchant: or, Theoretical-practical instructions for the proper preparation of the higher office work. Wilhelm Schüppel, Berlin 1834, p. 152. Google book page preview