Convert barleycorn to tochka (Russian point)
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 tochka (Russian point):
Tochka is a traditional unit of length comparable with "point". Tochka is equal to 1/2800 arshin (the basic Russian unit of length) or 0.254 mm.