Orlong

Orlong

Das, seltener der Orlong, war ein hinterindisches Flächen- und Ackermaß. Auch auf der Insel Prince of Wales Island galt dieses Maß.

Grundlage war ein Quadrat mit den Kantenlängen von 1 Orlong Längenmaß. Das Maß teilte man in 160 Hastas = 80 Yard (engl)[1] Das Hasta entsprach dem Ellenmaß, etwa ½ Yard (engl.)

Literatur

  • M. Mendelssohn, Handbuch der Münz-, Maß- und Gewichtskunde unter Berücksichtigung des neuen Münz- und Gewichts-Systems, mit ausführlichen Reduktions-Tabellen, Horvarth’sche Buchhandlung, Potsdam 1859, S. 120, 214

Einzelnachweise

  1. Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback, Vollständiges Taschenbuch der Münz- , Maß- und Gewichtsverhältnisse, Band 1, F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, S. 979
  2. Johann Friedrich Krüger, Vollständiges Handbuch der Münzen, Maße und Gewicht aller Länder der Erde, Quedlinburg/Leipzig, Verlag Gottfried Brasse, 1830, S. 219
  3. Verein praktischer Kaufleute, Neuestes Illustriertes Handels- und Warenlexikon oder Enzyklopädie der gesamten Handelswissenschaften für Kaufleute und Fabrikanten: Band 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, S 418

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