User:Viking1808/Old Scandinavian Measurements

Work in Progress - very early days as you can see. Eventually this page may replace the current Alen page -perhaps

Alen or aln is a traditional Scandinavian unit of distance similar to the north German elle: roughly 60 centimeters. The Danish alen, also used in Norway, was equal to 62.77 centimeters (2 Danish fod). The Swedish aln was 59.38 centimeters.

Old Danish Maritime Conversions
From an 1850 edition of the Danish Pilot Meridian Minut.
 * 1 Fod = 139,13 Pariser Linier.
 * 1 Alen = 2 Fod.
 * 1 Favn = 3 Alen.
 * 1 Kabellængde = 100 Favne. v 1 Qvartmiil (Q.miil) = 9{j Kabellængde = 5900,7 Fod = 1 Middel
 * 1 Miil = 4 Q.miil.

which converts to metric using 1 Alen as 62.77 centimeter (from website quoted)


 * 1 Qmiil = 9 Kabellængde (Cables) = 5900.7 fod
 * 1 fod (foot) = 31.38 centimetres
 * 1 Alen = 2 fod = 62.77 centimetres
 * 1 Favn ( fathom)= 3 Alen = 188.31
 * 1 Kabellængde (cable) = 100 Fathoms
 * 1 Qvartmiil or Qmiil (literally quartermile) = 5900.7 fod = 1.85164 Kilometres

Which would make one Danish Mile 7.4 Km or 4.6 Imperial (English) miles.

Measurements of Length and Distance:
 * 1 Danish mile = 4000 Danish fathoms = 12000 Alen = 7.532 Kilometres
 * Danish fathom = 3 Alen = 6 Danish feet = 1.883 metres
 * 1 Alen = 2 Danish feet = 24 tommer (Danish inches)= 0.6277 metres
 * 1 Danish foot = 12 Danish inches = 144 linier = 0.3139 metres
 * 1 Danish inch = 12 linier = 2,615 cm
 * 1,00 linie = 2,18 mm

Which would make one Danish Mile 7.532 Km or 4.7 Imperial (English) miles