Convert barleycorns to pica (ATA) | Category : length

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Convert barleycorn to pica (ATA)

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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 pica (ATA):

Pica ATA (pc) is a unit of length used by typographers equal to 12 ATA points or about 4.21 mm.

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