A number of

units of measurement A unit of measurement is a definite 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 be expressed as a multi ...

were used in

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to measure length, area, volume, and so on. The

metric system The metric system is a system of measurement that succeeded the decimalised system based on the metre that had been introduced in France in the 1790s. The historical development of these systems culminated in the definition of the Interna ...

was adopted in Hungary in 1874 and has been compulsory since 1876.

Unit before the metric system

The system before the metric system was the old Vienna system.

Length

Several units were used to measure length. Some units are given below: * ''mérföld'' – Mile, ''láb'', * ''rúd'' – Rod, 2 ''öl'', * ''öl'' – Fathom, 10 ''láb'', * ''kettőslépés'' – Double step, 6 ''láb'', * ''lépés'' – Step, 3 ''láb'', * ''rőf'' – Ell, 2 ''láb'', * ''láb'' – Foot, * ''arasz'' – Span, 10 ''ujj'', * ''tenyér'' – Palm, 4 ''ujj'', * ''hüvelyk'' – Thumb, 1 ''ujj'', * ''ujj'' – Finger, ''láb'', One arsin was equal to 23.01084 in and one stab was equal to 5.18565 ft.

Mass

One oka was equal from 2.78 to 3.082 lb.

Area

Several units were used to measure area. Some units are given below: 1 hold = 4316 m² = 1.0665 acre 1 meile² = 6978 ha

Volume

A number of units were used to measure volume. Some units are given below: 1 akó (eimer) = 54.30 l 1 halbe = akó 1 icce = akó 1 metzen = 62.53 L 1 akó = 62.53 L One fass was equal to 52.545 gallons. The value of eimer was varied from 15.03 (in Upper Hungary) to 19.37 (in Lower Hungary).

References

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