Convert barleycorn to pouce (Quebec)
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 pouce (Quebec):
Pouce (Quebec) is the Canadian inch, which was defined in 1985 to be exactly 27.07005 mm.