Convert barleycorn to pica (em)
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for pica (em):
Typographers and printers use pica (pi or pc) unit of length. One pica is approximately 4.22 mm.