A number of
units of measurements
A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multi ...
were used in
Latvia to measure length, mass, area, and so on. Russian and local measures were used since 1845, and the former system before those, was that of the
Netherlands
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System before metric system
A number of units were used in Russian and local systems.
Length
Units included:
1 elle = 0.537 m
1 quartier = elle
1 meile = 7 verste (Russian) = 7.468 km.
Mass
One pfund was equal to 0.419 kg.
Area
One kapp was equal to 148.64
2.
Some other units included:
1 pourvete = 25 kapp
1 loofstelle = 25 kapp
1 tonnstelle = 35 kapp.
Volume
One faden was equal to 4.077 m
3.
Capacity
One stoof was equal to 1.2752
L.
Some other units included:
1 kanne = 2 stoof
1 kulmet = 9 stoof
1
anker = 30 stoof
1 poure = 54 stoof
1 loof = 54 stoof
1
tonne
The tonne ( or ; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to as a metric ton to distinguish it from the non-metric units of the short ton ( United State ...
= 108 stoof.
References
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