From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: OT world history: other measuring systems?
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:20:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa64e751-5bb5-e1e1-c2a4-3625082bab38@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fe76d7f6-5653-6c2d-d8fa-f7667837adf0@fiee.net>
On 1/25/2022 8:41 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
> Am 25.01.22 um 18:45 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
>> On 1/25/2022 6:27 PM, Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context wrote:
>>
>>> Some of the units, particularly for measurement of land area, are
>>> still in use as they are effectively codified in the land records.
>>> Wikipedia has some summary of the ancient and medieval systems in India.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_units_of_measurement
>>
>> the same in nl ... for instance farmers still use old measures (e.g.
>> when selling or buying land), also because for instance lots are
>> defined that way
>
> I don’t think that farmers (in Germany) still use them, but “Morgen”
> (morning) and “Tagwerk” (a day’s work) were usual measures for areas,
> depending on the region and the type of work (farming, viniculture,
> fresco painting...)
a 'bunder' land is one still used and a 'mud' potatoes
(taking a 'sip' of water now ... and i bet that this is not the same
wverywhere)
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-25 9:44 Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
2022-01-25 17:27 ` Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
2022-01-25 17:45 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-01-25 19:41 ` Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
2022-01-25 23:20 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context [this message]
2022-01-25 19:28 ` Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
2022-01-25 20:31 ` Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context
2022-01-25 23:17 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-01-26 8:41 ` Otared Kavian via ntg-context
2022-01-26 8:58 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-01-26 9:23 ` Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context
2022-01-26 9:36 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-01-26 21:07 ` jbf via ntg-context
2022-01-26 21:43 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context
2022-01-27 7:23 ` BPJ via ntg-context
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