Convert barleycorn to pertica (Roman)
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 pertica (Roman):
Pertica is the ancient Roman rod. It was equal to 10 pes (ancient Roman feet).