Re: great big tracts of land

From: illuminate33 <inarsus-ferilt-z_at_...>
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 16:25:03 -0000

> Hello people who have a maths section of their brain.
> Does anyone know (and this Q is for a Glorantha article) what the
> ratio is between acres, hides, and hectares
>
> Thanks
>From American Heritage Dictionary:

1 Acre = 4046.86 Square Meters = 43560 Square Feets. (A unit of area in the U.S. Customary System, used in land and sea floor measurement and equal to 160 square rods, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet.)

1 Hectare = 2,471 Acres
(A metric unit of area equal to 100 ares (2.471 acres).)

Hide is a vague word.

hide (hE) noun
An old English measure of land, usually the amount held adequate for (one free family and its dependents.

[Middle English, from Old English hE.])

Hope this help you.

TI