Survey foot
The measuring foot was a German measure of length and was divided decimally into 10 inches of 10 lines each . It was used by surveyors and surveyors. The application was in surveying the earth and land surveying (higher geodesy) and field surveying (lower geodesy).
In the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg, the foot was the same as the Altenburger Elle .
- 1 rod = 10 measuring feet = 20 construction feet
- 1 survey foot = 251.6095 Paris lines = 0.567588 meters
There were different dimensions, for example in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . The measuring foot here was similar to the Leipzig foot with 0.28252 meters. 16 measurement feet were counted on one rod.
In Mecklenburg-Schwerin , a rod had 16 measuring feet that measured 129 Parisian lines, i.e. about 29.0998 centimeters .
In Saxe-Coburg-Gotha , the Prussian survey base was used. Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen reckoned this foot with 134.75 Parisian lines (303.97 centimeters) and 14 on a rod.
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 16.
- ↑ Alexander Lachmann: Handels-Geographie: For use for the trade and trade. Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1863, p. 343.
- ↑ Heinrich Burckhardt: Forest aid panels. Carl Rümpler, Hanover 1858, p. 46.
- ↑ Heinrich Burckhardt: Forest aid panels. Carl Rümpler, Hannover 1858, p. 59.