Convert barleycorn to ligne (Paris line)
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 ligne (Paris line):
Paris line is a traditional unit of length equal to 1/12 of a Paris inch (pouce du Roi) or about 2.256 mm. Ligne is still used by French and Swiss wristwatch makers to measure the size of a watch movement.