Akker (acre) has once been used as a unit of area in.....India for quite a long time; and has been known as ACRE measuring an area of 4840 sq.yds. or a field 220yds x220 yds. In metric measure, this would be in close proximilty of 200m x200m (40x10^3 sqaure metre). Where mendatory, 'Acre can still remain in use' for a limited period.
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20031025/20:48 PM(IST)
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From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:27278] Interesting fact from the archives Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:47:48 +0200
Last Thursday, I encountered in an old file the name of a hamlet or townland
near Nijmegen: Tienakker. Roughly translated: Tenacres. This is a strong
indication that the akker (acre) has once been used as a unit of area in our
part of the country. The akker was roughly 0.5 ha. There are also villages
in Germany with names like Vieracker. Now the akker is any field for
crop-growing in The Netherlands and Germany.
I wonder wat the BWMA would say: THE DUTCH AND THE GERMANS USE THE BRITISH
ACRE!!!!
Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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