APPENDIX C. 



617 



SCALE OF FINENESS 

 (agricola's adaptation). 



SCALE OF FINENESS. 



3 Grenlin — i Gran 



4 Gran «- i Krat 

 24 Krat — I Mark 



ROMAN LONG MEASURE. 



I Digitus 

 4 Digiti 



4 Palmi 

 I J Pe(i«s 



5 Pedes 



I Palmus 

 I P«s 

 I Cubitus 

 I PassMS 



Also 



Inches. 



.726 



2.90 



11.61 



17.41 



58.1 



I Roman Uncia — 

 12 Unciae ■• Pes 



•97 

 11.61 



GREEK LONG MEASURE. 



I Dactylos 

 4 Dactyloi 

 4 Palaistai 

 l\ Pons 

 6 Poms 



I Palaisie 

 I Poms 

 I Pechus 

 I Oryguia 



•758 

 303 

 12.135 

 18.20 

 72.81 



OLD GERMAN LONG MEASURE. 



1 Querfinger 

 16 Querfinger 



2 Werckschuh 

 3 £«« 



I WercAscAMA 

 I £«e 

 I Lachter 



Also 



Inches. 



•703 

 11.247 

 22.494 

 67.518 



I Zoll 

 12 Zoll 



" I Werkschuh 



.85 



ROMAN LIQUID MEASURE. 

 Cubic inches. 

 I Quartarius = . . 8.6 



4 Quartarii = i Sextarius 



6 Sextarii = i Congius 



16 Sextarii = i Modius 



8 Congii = i Amphora 



314 

 206.4 



550.4 

 1650.0 



Pints. 

 .247 

 .991 



5-947 

 15.867 



47-577 



(Agricola nowhere uses the Saxon liquid measures, nor do they fall into units comparable 



with the Roman). 



