The book contains further references for the sources of these tables and more discussion of each of the types of measures. Below, I have always translated the es-test as ss.
Altboehmische oder Prager Laengenmasse
(Old Bohemian or Prague linear measure)
1 boehm. oder Prager Elle 59.2710 cm
1 boehm. Schuh (Fuss) = 1/2 Elle 29.6355 cm
1 boehm. Zoll = 1/12 Schuh 2.4696 cm
1 boehm. Linie = 1/12 Zoll 0.2058 cm
1 boehm. Klafter = 3 Boehm. Ellen 177.8130 cm
1 boehm. Lachter = 4 Boehm. Ellen 237.0840 cm
1 boehm. Ruthe = 8 Boehm. Ellen 474.1680 cm
1 boehm. Landseil=52 Boehm. Ellen 3082.0920 cm
Niederoesterreichische oder Wiener Laengenmasse
("Lower Austrian" or Vienna linear measure)
1 niederoesterr. oder Wiener Elle 77.7558 cm
1 niederoesterr. Klafter 189.6484 cm
1 niederoesterr. Fuss = 1/6 Klafter 31.6081 cm
1 niederoesterr. Zoll = 1/12 Fuss 2.6340 cm
1 niederoesterr. Linie = 1/12 Zoll 0.2195 cm
1 niederoesterr. Faust (Pferdemass)=4 Zoll = 10.5360 cm
1 niederoesterr. /Post-/Meile = 4000 Klafter = 7.585936 km
Flaechenmasse (area)
1 Wiener Quadratklafter 3.596652 qm (qm==square meter)
1 niederoesterr. Joch = 1600 Quadratklafter 0.575464 ha (Hectare)
1 boehmischer Strich = 1/2 Joch =800 "" "" 0.287732 ha
1 oesterr. Metzen Aussaat = 1/3 Joch 0.191821 ha
1 Stallung /Wald/ = 40 Strich 11.509280 ha
For those of us in the multitude of non-metric countries, one hectare is 2.471 acres.
640 acres in one square mile. Thus one Strich = .711 US acre.
Altboehmischen Getreidemasse (Old Bohemian dry volume measures)
1 Strich (gestrichenen Masses) 93.5829 liter
1 Viertel (auch "Sturz" genannt) 23.3957 liter
1 Metzen (= 1/4 Viertel) 5.8489 l
1 Pinte (= 1/3 Metzen) 1.9496 l
1 Seidel (=1/4 Pinte oder 1/192 Strich) 0.4874 l
Niederoesterreichische oder Wiener Getreidemasse (Austrian dry volume)
1 niederoesterr oder Wiener Metzen 61.4868 liter
1 Viertel Metzen 15.3717 l
1 Achtel Metzen 7.6858 l
1 Massel (= 1/16 Metzen) 3.8429 l
Altboehmischen Getraenkemasse (Old Bohemian liquid volume measures)
1 Fass (=4 Eimer=128 Pint) 244.4544 liter
1 Eimer (=32 Pint) 61.1136 l
1 Pinte (=4 Siedel) 1.9098 l
1 Seidel (= 4 Viertling) 0.4774 l
1 Viertling 0.1193 l
Niederoesterreichische oder Wiener Getraenkemasse (Austrian liquid volume)
1 Wiener Fass (=4 Eimer=160 Mass) 226.3558 liter
1 Wiener Eimer (=40 Mass) 56.5889 l
1 Wiener Mass (=2 Halbe) 1.4147 l
1 Wiener Halbe (= 2 Seidel) 0.7073 l
1 Wiener Seidel 0.3536 l
Altboehmischen Gewichte (Old Bohemian weight)
1 Zentner (= 120 Pfund = 6 Stein) 61.7277 kg
1 Stein (= 20 Pfund) 10.2879 kg
1 Pfund (=32 Loth) 514.3983 g
1 Loth (=4 Quintel) 16.0749 g
1 Quintel (Quentel) 4.0187 g
Niederoesterreichische oder Wiener Gewichte (Austrian weight)
1 Zentner (= 100 Pfund = 5 Stein) 56.0060 kg
1 Stein (= 20 Pfund) 11.2012 kg
1 Pfund (= 2 Mark = 16 Unzen = 32 Loth) 560.0600 g
1 Mark (=8 Unzen = 16 Loth = 24 Karat) 280.0300 g
1 Unze (=2 Loth) 35.0037 g
1 Loth (=4 Quintel) 17.5018 g
1 Karat (1/24 Mark) 11.6679 g
1 Quintel (= 4 "Pfeniggewichte") 4.3754 g
1 Pfeniggewicht (=15 Gran) 1.0938 g
1 Gran (= 3 Graen) 0.0729 g
1 Graen 0.0243 g
The book also has a lot of details on monetary conversions and prices of beer, wheat, etc. But that is a lot more textual than tabular, and the monetary units change about every 50 years, so I haven't attempted to put that part in. Cubic volume measures are also mentioned.
Dennis Nicklaus / Email: nicklaus@wishep.physics.wisc.edu