|
| |
| Nautische
Maße |
|
1 Erdradiant |
= |
60 nautical miles |
= |
111,1 km |
|
|
1 nautical mile
(Seemeile) |
= |
10 cables
(Kabel) |
= |
1,852 km |
|
|
1 cable
(Kabel) |
= |
100 fathoms
(Faden) |
= |
182,9 m |
|
|
1 british cable |
= |
608 feet |
= |
185,3 m |
|
|
1 american cable |
= |
720 feet |
= |
219,5 m |
| |
|
1 shakle (Schäkel) |
= |
15 fathom = 90
feet |
= |
27,43m |
|
|
1 fathom
(Faden) |
= |
6 feet
(Fuß) |
= |
1,829 m |
|
|
1 foot (Fuß) |
|
|
= |
30,48 cm |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eventuelle
Unstimmigkeiten sind durch mehrfache Rundungen im Laufe der Zeit
entstanden.
Grundsätzlich gilt das Prinzip:
| Äquatorumfang |
= |
40.075.036 m |
| Äquatorumfang
/ 360 |
= |
Erdradiant |
| Erdradiant /
60 |
= |
Seemeile |
| Seemeile /
10 |
= |
Kabel |
| Kabel / 100 |
= |
Faden |
| Faden / 6 |
= |
Fuß |
|
Und falls Euch das nächste mal in Martinique
ein Hundredweight Bananen angeboten wird, hier der Vollständigkeit halber so ziemlich
alle weiteren gebräuchlichen Maße und Einheiten:
| Längenmaße |
|
1 inch |
= |
2,54 cm |
|
|
|
|
1 foot |
= |
12 inches |
= |
30,48 cm |
|
|
1 yard |
= |
3 feet |
= |
91,44 cm |
|
|
1 mile |
= |
1760 yards |
= |
1,609 km |
|
|
1 hand |
= |
4 inches |
= |
10,16 cm |
|
|
1 rod (perch,
pole) |
= |
5,5 yards |
= |
5,029 m |
|
|
1 chain |
= |
4 rods |
= |
20,117 m |
|
|
1 furlong |
= |
10 chains |
= |
201,168 m |
| Flächenmaße |
|
1 square inch |
= |
6,452 cm² |
|
|
|
|
1 square foot |
= |
144 square inches |
= |
929,029 cm² |
|
|
1 square yard |
= |
9 square feet |
= |
8361,26 cm² |
|
|
1 acre |
= |
4840 square yards |
= |
4046,8 m² |
|
|
1 square mile |
= |
640 acres |
= |
259 ha = 2,59 km² |
|
|
1 square rod |
= |
30,25 square yards |
= |
25,293 m² |
|
|
1 rood |
= |
40 square rods |
= |
1011,72 m² |
|
|
1 acre |
= |
4 roods |
= |
4046,8 m² |
| Handelsgewichte |
|
1 grain |
= |
0,0648 g |
|
|
|
|
1 dram |
= |
27,3438 grains |
= |
1,772 g |
|
|
1 ounce |
= |
16 drams |
= |
28,35 g |
|
|
1 pound |
= |
16 ounces |
= |
453,59 g |
|
|
1 hundredweight
(quintal) |
= |
brit. 112 pounds
am. 100 pounds |
=
= |
50,802 kg
45,359 kg |
|
|
1 long ton |
= |
brit. 20
hundredweights |
= |
1016,05 kg |
|
|
1 short ton |
= |
am. 20
hundredweights |
= |
907,185 kg |
|
|
1 stone |
= |
14 pounds |
= |
6,35 kg |
|
|
1 quarter |
= |
brit. 28 pounds
am. 25 pounds |
=
= |
12,701 kg
11,339 kg |
| Troygewichte |
|
1 grain |
= |
0,0648 g |
|
|
|
|
1 pennyweight |
= |
24 grains |
= |
1,5552 g |
|
|
1 ounce |
= |
20 pennyweights |
= |
31,1035 g |
|
|
1 pound |
= |
12 ounces |
= |
373,2418 g |
| Raummaße |
|
1 cubic inch |
= |
16,387 cm³ |
|
|
|
|
1 cubic foot |
= |
1728 cubic inches |
= |
0,02832 m³ |
|
|
1 cubic yard |
= |
27 cubic feet |
= |
0,7646 m³ |
|
