The akker is not a unit of measurement anymore in mainland Europe, it is any field used for growing crops. A large farmer may possess 120 ha of 'akkerland'. Its former use of a unit of measurement can be traced back in names of villages and townlands, like Tienakker or Vieracker. Before metrication it was used alongside the morgen and many other agrarian units. It was roughly 0.5 ha. An akker can have any area now. It is possible that the British acre has been used in Italy in the past, that unit was called acro. I wonder how it could migrate that far. The unit of 500 g, called pond, Pfund livre etc. on the other hand is used very much while shopping. There is ifp in mainland Europe, alas, not much but yet... aircraft navigation and computing. The BWMA knows about this all too well.
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2003-11-04 22:49 Subject: [USMA:27437] Australian metrication on 2/11/03 5:34 AM, Mighty Chimp at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: <snip> Probably about 99.9 % in Europe, The only reference to old units that I hear out of Europe is when they are referring to an historic unit � such as the pond or the akker. However these old units now have metric definitions � such as 500 grams or 4000 square metres. <snip> Cheers, Pat Naughtin LCAMS Geelong, Australia Pat Naughtin is the editor of the free online newsletter, 'Metrication matters'. You can subscribe by sending an email containing the words subscribe Metrication matters to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
