Convert barleycorn to huvelyk (Hungarian inch)
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 huvelyk (Hungarian inch):
Hüvelyk is a unit of length comparable with the inch, equal to 1/12 láb or about 2.63 centimeters.