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Convert barleycorn to pace (Roman)
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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 pace (Roman):
Pace is a unit of length equal to the distance between two successive falls of the same foot. Romans defined a pace as 1/1000 of a Roman mile. That is equal to about 1.48 meters.
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