Line (unit)

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Stone line on the ring of Krásná Hora nad Vltavou

Dash is the designation for different technical units.

Spatial dimension

The line was a grain measure . It was used in particular for flour , pulses and seeds and was also known as a grain screed.

In Regensburg corresponded

  • 1 line = 4 gauges = 32 heads .

In Prague , as Prague line or Bohemian line ( Korec in Czech ), was:

  • 1 line = 93.389 liters = 1.6992 Prussian bushels = 1.51841 Wiener Metzen
  • 1 line = 4 quarters = 16 Maaßl = 192 Seidel
  • 1 quarter = 4 Maaßl = 48 Seidel (4 Metzen of 3 pints of 4 Seidel)
  • 2 lines = 3 Viennese meatballs

As a flour coating according to the Flour and Bread Ordinance of December 1738, it was dependent on the type of flour:

  • 1 dash of flour = 1/31 courage in general
  • 1 stroke = 32 pounds of rye flour
  • 1 line = 34 pounds of poll dust
  • 1 line = 36 pounds of breadcrumbs
  • 1 stroke = 37 pounds of mouth meal

1 courage was 30 Metzen with 31 lines. Courage was also a measure of calculation.

Length measure

The line is also considered to be an old (French) measure of length and it was:

Area measure

The bohemian line was also a measure of arable land and fields when sowing.

Angle measure

In nautical science ( full circle : 32 lines) and artillery ( full circle : 6400 lines) the line is used as an angular unit.

literature

  • Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Verlag von J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, page 472, 537.
  • Jürgen Elert Kruse : General and especially Hamburg clerk: which one of the currencies, coins, weights, measures…. Volume 1. In the publishing house of the heirs of the author, Hamburg 1808, page 448.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and weight book. Jäger book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main 1830, page 332.
  2. ^ A b Joseph Jäckel: Zementierungs-Lexikon for all traders and tradespeople according to the Austrian cementation documents. Anton Strauss, Vienna 1824, p. 199.
  3. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, pages 312, 331.
  4. ↑ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and the bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Verlag von J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, page 130.