Comments on: John Barleycorn Must Die. The History of Measurement. http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/24/john-barleycorn-must-die-4/ Woodworking Knowledge, Skill Development, Discussion Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bryan Milham http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/24/john-barleycorn-must-die-4/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Bryan Milham Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:35:35 +0000 http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/?p=31#comment-290 As a young man I had a book of conversion factors called Wright's Mathematical Tables (I still have a photocopy somewhere). It stated that the barleycorn was still used as the unit of measurement for Shoe Sizes (I assume UK and maybe American) - each size being 1 barleycorn bigger than the last. So maybe the barleycorn as a unit of measurement is still in use. As a young man I had a book of conversion factors called Wright’s Mathematical Tables (I still have a photocopy somewhere).

It stated that the barleycorn was still used as the unit of measurement for Shoe Sizes (I assume UK and maybe American) – each size being 1 barleycorn bigger than the last.

So maybe the barleycorn as a unit of measurement is still in use.

]]> By: Roland Coppens http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/2008/03/24/john-barleycorn-must-die-4/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Roland Coppens Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:34:25 +0000 http://www.evenfallstudios.com/woodworks/?p=31#comment-10 Interesting, insightful and entertaining. Thanks, Rob! Interesting, insightful and entertaining. Thanks, Rob!

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