APPENDIX C.
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SCALE OF FINENESS(agricola’s adaptation).
4 Siliquae = 1 Unit of Siliquae
3 Units of Siliquae = 1 Serni-sextula
4 Semi-sextulae — 1 Duella
24 Duellae = 1 Bes
OLD GERMAN SCALE OF WEIGHTS.
Troy Grains.
1 Pfennig = .. .. 14.x
4 Pfennige =- 1 Quintlein .. 56.4
4 Quintlein = 1 Loth .. 225.6
2 Loth = 1 Untzen .. 451.2
8 Untzen = x Mark .. 3609.6
2 Mark = 1 Pfundt .. 7219.2
100 Pfundt = 1 Centner .. 721920.0
SCALE OF FINENESS.
3 Grenlin = 1 Gran
4 Graw = 1 Krat
24 Krat = 1
ROMAN LONG MEASURE.
1 Digitus4 Digiti
4 Palmiif Pedes
5
= 1 Palmus
— 1 Pes
= 1 Cubitus
= 1 Passus
Inches.
.726
2.90
11.61
17.41
58.1
Also
1 Roman Uncia — .. .97
12 Unciae = Pes .. 11.61
GREEK LONG MEASURE.
1 Dactylos — .. .. .758
4 Dactyloi = 1 Palaiste .. 3.03
4 Palaistai = 1 Pous .. 12.135
if Pous — 1 Pechus .. 18.20
6 Poms = 1 Oryguia .. 72.81
OLD GERMAN LONG MEASURE.
Inches.
1 Querfinger
, ,
•703
16 Querfinger
1 Werckschuh ..
11.247
2 Werckschuh
=
1 Elle
f .
22.494
3 Elle
a
1 Lachter
67.518
Also
1 Zoll
ss
•85
12 Zoll
*
1 Werkschuh
ROMAN
LIQUID
MEASURE.
Cubic inches.
Pints.
1 Quartarius
=
8.6
, ,
.247
4 Quartarii
= 1
Sextanus
31.4
. .
.991
6 Sextarii
= 1
Congius
206.4
• •
5-947
16 Sextarii
= 1
Modius
• • 550.4
. ,
15.867
8 Congii
= 1
Amphora
.. 1650.0
. •
47-577
(Agricola nowhere uses the Saxon liquid measures, nor do they fall into units comparable
with the Roman).