Measures
For ship's comparison we will convert old national feet & gunnery pounds (lbs.) units into metric system; meters & kilos.
NATION |
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Metric |
1 ft. = |
0.30488 |
0.31385 |
0.2831 |
0.32484 |
0.3285 |
0.304881 |
0.2786352 |
0.2969 |
0.30488 |
0.34773 |
meters |
1 lbs. = |
0.4536 |
0.496 |
0.4941 |
0.489505 |
0.459 |
0.494414 |
0.4895053 |
0.500 |
0.4536 |
0.477 |
kilos |
1 Russia adopted britsh feet around 1700.
2 Spanish Burgos feet, commonly used after 1750.
3 Spain adopted french pound around 1740.
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Unit (metric) |
Division |
Unit (metric) |
Length |
1 Yard (0.91464 m.) |
3 Feet |
1 Foot (0.30488 m.) |
12 Inches |
1 Inch (0.02539 m.) |
Weight |
1 Pound (0.4536 Kg.) |
16 Ounces |
1 Onze (0.02535 Kg.) |
Weight1 |
1 Ton (970.00 Kg.) |
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Volume |
1 Ton (2.83 m3) |
100 cubic feet |
1 British commercial ton.
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Length |
1 Foot (0.31385 m.) |
12 Inches? |
Weight |
1 Pound (0.496 Kg.) |
? |
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Length |
1 Voet, Amsterdam foot (0.2831 m.) |
? |
Weight |
1 Amsterdam pound (0.4941 Kg.) |
? |
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Unit (metric) |
Length1 |
1 French cubit (0.64654 m.) |
3 Feet |
1 Feet (0.215514 m.) |
Length |
1 Pied du Roi, Royal foot (0.32484 m.) |
12 Royal Pouces |
1 Royal Pounce (0.02707 m.) |
Length1 |
1 French foot (0.32327 m.) |
12 Pounces |
1 Pounce (0.02694 m.) |
Weight |
1 Livre, Pound (0.489505 Kg.) |
16 Onces |
1 Onze (0.0306 Kg.) |
1 Source b2.
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Length |
1 Foot (0.3285 m.) |
12 Inches? |
Length |
1 Rumo (1.540 m.) |
2 Goas |
Length |
1 Goa (0.770 m.) |
6 palmos |
Length |
1 palmo de goa (0.257 m.) |
7 polegadas |
Weight |
1 Pound (0.459 Kg.) |
16 Ounces? |
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Length1 |
1 Foot (0.30488 m.) |
12 Inches |
Weight2 |
1 Pound (0.409512 Kg.) |
? |
Weight |
zolotniks, 1 Pound (0.490 Kg.) |
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Weight3 |
zolotniks, 1 Pound (0.494414 Kg.) |
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1 Russia adopted British lenght units since the early 1700s.
2 Russian commercial pound.
3 Stablished around 1700 by Peter I the Great for naval artillery (artillerskiy funt), 1.2 times russian comercial pound.
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Unit (metric) |
Division |
Unit |
Division |
Unit |
Division |
Weight1 |
1 Tonelada
(914.00 Kg.) |
20 Quintales |
1 Quintal
(45.70 Kg.) |
4 Arrobas |
1 Arroba
(11.425 Kg.) |
25 Libras |
1 Libra
(0.451 Kg.) |
16 Onzas |
Weight2 |
1 Libra
(0.489505 Kg.) |
16 Onzas (ounces) |
1 Onza
(0.02875 Kg.) |
Length3 |
1 Codo de Ribera
(0.574684 m.) |
2 Pies de Burgos +
9 lineas |
1 Pie Burgos
(0.287342 m.) |
12 Pulgadas
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1 Pulgada
(0.002395 m.) |
12 Lineas |
Length3 |
1 Codo de Ribera
(0.574684 m.)
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33 Dedos
or
24 Pulgadas
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1 Dedo
(0.017415 m.)
1 Pulgada
(0.02395 m.)
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Volume7 |
1 Tonelada (1.518 m3) |
8 Codos cubicos |
Length4 |
1 Vara de Burgos
(0.835906 m.) |
3 Pies |
1 Pie
(0.278635 m.) |
12 Pulgadas |
1 Pulgada
(0.023219 m.) |
12 Lineas |
Length4 |
1 Vara de Burgos
(0.835906 m.) |
2 Codos |
1 Codo
(0.417953 m.) |
18 Pulgadas |
1 Pulgada
(0.023219 m.) |
12 Lineas |
Length |
1 Cuarta or Palmo
(0.20898 m.) |
12 Dedos |
1 Dedo
(0.017415 m.) |
Length5 |
1 Vara de Rey
(0.97449 m.) |
3 Pies |
1 Pie
(0.32483 m.) |
12 Pulgadas |
1 Pulgada
(0.02707 m.) |
12 Lineas |
Weight6 |
1 Tonelada
(920.186 Kg.) |
20 Quintales |
1 Quintal
(46.0093 Kg.) |
4 Arrobas |
1 Arroba
(11.502 Kg.) |
25 Libras |
1 Libra
(0.460093 Kg.) |
16 Onzas |
1 Spanish comercial pound & military until around 1740.
2 Spain adopted the french pound for naval artillery between 1728 & 1743.
3 Spanish Codo de Ribera, Rey or Real, from 1590 until 1752. Another spanish old codo Castellano (32 dedos), was 0.5573 m.
4 Spain adopted as standard the Pie de Burgos or Castellano in 1752.
5 Spain adopted the Vara and Pie de Rey or Real (french Pied du Roi) only for naval artillery after 1765.
6 Established by Charles IV of Spain around 1800 for comercial use?
7 Established by Royal Ordenance in 1738: spanish "Arqueo tons" equal to 8 cubic "codos de ribera"
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Length |
1 Foot (0.2969 m.) |
12 Inches? |
Weight |
1 Pound (0.500 Kg.) |
16 Ounces? |
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Unit (metric) |
Division |
Unit (metric) |
Length |
1 Yard (0.91464 m.) |
3 Feet |
1 Foot (0.30488 m.) |
12 Inches |
1 Inch (0.02539 m.) |
Weight |
1 Pound (0.4536 Kg.) |
16 Ounces |
1 Onze (0.02535 Kg.) |
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Unit (metric) |
Division |
Length |
1 Foot (0.34773 m.) |
? |
Weight |
1 Pound (0.477 Kg.) |
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