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
On 1/25/2022 8:28 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
Ah, of course. So “normalization” to some ruler’s shoe size was already
progress.
I'm not that sure if shoes are really standardized (or fashion in
general ... bachotex polish xxl differs from us xxl and dutch xxl and ...
i
As you know, there were very variable measurement systems in Europe
after the fall of the Roman Empire, depending on the region within the
same country. It is difficult to say precisely why political unity, when
there was one in a given country, did not make it possible to
systematize the use
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
Am 25.01.22 um 18:27 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
why didn’t "we" stick to
the Roman system?
All you need to do is look at the definitions of roman imperial units to
understand why we didn't stick to that:
An inch was the width of
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.
On Tue, 25 Jan 2022, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
> Hi all,
> just out of curiosity and since some of you are knowledgable in many
> fields: Were there widely accepted measuring systems in Asia before the
> introduction of the imperial or metric system? In Europe there was a
>
Hi all,
just out of curiosity and since some of you are knowledgable in many
fields: Were there widely accepted measuring systems in Asia before the
introduction of the imperial or metric system? In Europe there was a
mess of local miles, feet, cubits, inches etc.; why didn’t "we" stick to
If you want to mention me as a participant in the discussion, I have
no objections.
Best
Jürgen
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