Convert pica (TeX or Johnson) to barleycorn
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Definition and details for pica (TeX or Johnson):
Johnson pica (pc) is a unit of length approved by the Fifteenth Meeting of the Type Founders Association of the United States in 1886. It is equal to 0.166 inch exactly.
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.