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Jan 17, 2008 19:32
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German term
Tagwerk (Tagewerk)
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Social Sciences
History
Medieval units of measurement
see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagwerk
A unit of measurement in which the size of the unit was determined by the area of land that a single labourer could cover in a single day--hence the name. Equivalent to approximately 4,000 m² on flat ground. Is there an English equivalent for this?
A unit of measurement in which the size of the unit was determined by the area of land that a single labourer could cover in a single day--hence the name. Equivalent to approximately 4,000 m² on flat ground. Is there an English equivalent for this?
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Jan 24, 2008 16:02: Ken Cox Created KOG entry
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acre
The only 'equivalent' I know of, and approximately the same size. According to the Wikipedia entry (unverified), the size but not the name arises from the same idea.
From the Wikipedia entry:
The word "acre" is derived from Old English æcer (originally meaning "open field", cognate to German Acker, Latin ager and Greek αγρος (agros).
The acre was selected as approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day. This explains one definition as the area of a rectangle with sides of length one chain and one furlong. A long narrow strip of land is more efficient to plough than a square plot, since the plough does not have to be turned so often. The word "furlong" itself derives from the fact that it is one furrow long.
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n 1958, the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations defined the length of the international yard to be 0.9144 meters.[1] Consequently, the international acre is exactly 4046.8564224 square meters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre#Historical_origin
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Note added at 55 mins (2008-01-17 20:28:42 GMT)
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Further ref:
Die Einheit Acre (ca. 4.047 m²) ist im Angloamerikanischem Maßsystem das Pendant zum Morgen, jedoch für ein ganzes Tagewerk.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgen_(Einheit)
From the Wikipedia entry:
The word "acre" is derived from Old English æcer (originally meaning "open field", cognate to German Acker, Latin ager and Greek αγρος (agros).
The acre was selected as approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day. This explains one definition as the area of a rectangle with sides of length one chain and one furlong. A long narrow strip of land is more efficient to plough than a square plot, since the plough does not have to be turned so often. The word "furlong" itself derives from the fact that it is one furrow long.
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n 1958, the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations defined the length of the international yard to be 0.9144 meters.[1] Consequently, the international acre is exactly 4046.8564224 square meters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre#Historical_origin
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Note added at 55 mins (2008-01-17 20:28:42 GMT)
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Further ref:
Die Einheit Acre (ca. 4.047 m²) ist im Angloamerikanischem Maßsystem das Pendant zum Morgen, jedoch für ein ganzes Tagewerk.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgen_(Einheit)
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Comment: "Perfect as an equivalent. thank you."
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