A number of
units of measurement
A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude (mathematics), magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can ...
were used in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
to measure length, mass, area, capacity, etc.
Units used during the first half of the 20th century
Several units were used in Estonia. These units were Russian and local units.
Length
Several units were used in Estonia to measure length. One archine (Russian) was equal to 0.7112 m.
1 elle (Kuunar) = 0.75 archine
1 Foute = 3/7 archine
1 faden = 3 archine.
Mass
A number of units were used in Estonia to measure mass. One pfund was equal to 430 g (0.430 kg).
Some other units are provided below:
1 quent = 1/128 pfund
1 loth = 1/32 pfund
1 liespfund = 20 pfund
1
centner = 120 pfund
1
tonne
The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton ( United State ...
= 240 pfund
1 schiffspfund = 400 pfund.
Area
Several units were used in Estonia to measure area.
Reval (now Tallinn)
Some of
Reval
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''m ...
units are given below:
1 lofstelle = 1855 m
2
1 tonnland = 5462.7 m
2.
Livonian
Some of the
Livonia
Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...
n units are given below:
1 lofstelle = 3710 m
2 (accuracy is up to 3 digits)
1 tonnaland = 5194 m
2.
Capacity
A number of units were used to measure capacity. 1 hulmit was equal to 11.48 L.
Reval
One lof (Reval) was equal to 3 hulmit.
Livonian
One lof (Livonian) was equal to 6 hulmit.
One tonne (Livonian) was equal to 12 hulmit.
References
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Estonian culture
Estonia
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