An Entity of Type: System104377057, from Named Graph: http://dbpedia.org, within Data Space: dbpedia.org

The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system. Before the 19th century, a wide variety of different weights and measures were used by the various Dutch towns and provinces. Despite the country's small size, there was a lack of uniformity. During the Dutch Golden Age, these weights and measures accompanied the Dutch to the farthest corners of their colonial empire, including South Africa, New Amsterdam and the Dutch East Indies. Units of weight included the pond, ons and last. There was also an apothecaries' system of weights. The mijl and roede were measurements of distance. Smaller distances were measured in units based on parts of the body – the el, the voet, the palm and the duim. Area was measured by the morgen, hont, roede and voet. Units of volume included

Property Value
dbo:abstract
  • The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system. Before the 19th century, a wide variety of different weights and measures were used by the various Dutch towns and provinces. Despite the country's small size, there was a lack of uniformity. During the Dutch Golden Age, these weights and measures accompanied the Dutch to the farthest corners of their colonial empire, including South Africa, New Amsterdam and the Dutch East Indies. Units of weight included the pond, ons and last. There was also an apothecaries' system of weights. The mijl and roede were measurements of distance. Smaller distances were measured in units based on parts of the body – the el, the voet, the palm and the duim. Area was measured by the morgen, hont, roede and voet. Units of volume included the okshoofd, aam, anker, stoop, and mingel. At the start of the 19th century the Dutch adopted a unified metric system, but it was based on a modified version of the metric system, different from the system used today. In 1869, this was realigned with the international metric system. These old units of measurement have disappeared, but they remain a colourful legacy of the Netherlands' maritime and commercial importance and survive today in a number of Dutch sayings and expressions. (en)
  • A lo largo de la historia han estado en uso varias unidades holandesas de medida, y en la actualidad se encuentra vigente el sistema métrico decimal. Con anterioridad al siglo XIX, los diferentes pueblos y provincias holandeses usaron una gran variedad de pesas y medidas diferentes. A pesar del pequeño tamaño del país, había una falta de uniformidad. Durante la Edad de Oro holandesa, estos pesos y medidas acompañaron a los holandeses a los rincones más remotos de su imperio colonial, incluidos Sudáfrica, Nueva Ámsterdam y las Indias Orientales Neerlandesas. Las unidades de peso incluyeron el pond, ons y last. También había un sistema de boticarios para pesos. El mijl y el roede eran medidas de distancia. Las distancias más pequeñas se midieron en unidades basadas en el cuerpo: el el, el voet, la palm y el duim. El área fue medida mediante morgen, hont, roede y voet. Las unidades de volumen incluían el okshoofd, aam, anker, stoop y mingel. A principios del siglo XIX, los holandeses adoptaron un sistema métrico unificado, pero se basó en una versión modificada del sistema métrico, diferente del sistema utilizado actualmente. En 1869, esto se realineó con el . Estas antiguas unidades de medida han desaparecido, pero siguen siendo un colorido legado de la importancia marítima y comercial de los Países Bajos y sobreviven hoy en día en varios dichos y expresiones neerlandesas.​ (es)
dbo:thumbnail
dbo:wikiPageExternalLink
dbo:wikiPageID
  • 2620462 (xsd:integer)
dbo:wikiPageLength
  • 27504 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
dbo:wikiPageRevisionID
  • 1052428912 (xsd:integer)
dbo:wikiPageWikiLink
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dcterms:subject
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system. Before the 19th century, a wide variety of different weights and measures were used by the various Dutch towns and provinces. Despite the country's small size, there was a lack of uniformity. During the Dutch Golden Age, these weights and measures accompanied the Dutch to the farthest corners of their colonial empire, including South Africa, New Amsterdam and the Dutch East Indies. Units of weight included the pond, ons and last. There was also an apothecaries' system of weights. The mijl and roede were measurements of distance. Smaller distances were measured in units based on parts of the body – the el, the voet, the palm and the duim. Area was measured by the morgen, hont, roede and voet. Units of volume included (en)
  • A lo largo de la historia han estado en uso varias unidades holandesas de medida, y en la actualidad se encuentra vigente el sistema métrico decimal. Con anterioridad al siglo XIX, los diferentes pueblos y provincias holandeses usaron una gran variedad de pesas y medidas diferentes. A pesar del pequeño tamaño del país, había una falta de uniformidad. Durante la Edad de Oro holandesa, estos pesos y medidas acompañaron a los holandeses a los rincones más remotos de su imperio colonial, incluidos Sudáfrica, Nueva Ámsterdam y las Indias Orientales Neerlandesas. Las unidades de peso incluyeron el pond, ons y last. También había un sistema de boticarios para pesos. El mijl y el roede eran medidas de distancia. Las distancias más pequeñas se midieron en unidades basadas en el cuerpo: el el, el vo (es)
rdfs:label
  • Unidades holandesas de medida (es)
  • Dutch units of measurement (en)
owl:sameAs
prov:wasDerivedFrom
foaf:depiction
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of
is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of
is foaf:primaryTopic of
Powered by OpenLink Virtuoso    This material is Open Knowledge     W3C Semantic Web Technology     This material is Open Knowledge    Valid XHTML + RDFa
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License