!!!Klafter

Klafter, old Austrian unit of length, was in use until the 
introduction of the metric system, from the end of the 18%%sup th/% 
century the Vienna Klafter was used as official standard measure. 
1 K = 6 Fuss = 1.8965 m, 1 square Klafter = 36 
square Fuss = 3.5966 m%%sup 2/%, 1 cubic Klafter = 
216 cubic Fuss = 6.82 m%%sup 3/%.

!Literature
K. Ulrich, Die historische Entwicklung des 
oesterreichischen Mass- und Eichwesens, in: 100 Jahre metrisches 
Masssystem in Oesterreich, 1972.


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