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I'm going to make a model of a church based on drawings by the french
architect Jardin, from about 1750.
The measurements on the drawings are in "Pieds". Does any of the you
know what that unit converts to in centimetres?
I'm guessing that it is about the same as a Danish "fod" (foot), which
is 31.4 cm, and it is not all that important for the model, but I am
curious.
/Ib
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Ib Rasmussen wrote:
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> I'm going to make a model of a church based on drawings by the french
> architect Jardin, from about 1750.
> The measurements on the drawings are in "Pieds". Does any of the you
> know what that unit converts to in centimetres?
>
> I'm guessing that it is about the same as a Danish "fod" (foot), which
> is 31.4 cm, and it is not all that important for the model, but I am
> curious.
Yes, a "pied" is indead a "foot". Since at that time, there were no
definite standard for those measurements - it was either the architect's
own foot, or in some case the King's - feel free to use whatever you
feel works fine, such as 1 "pied" = 1 pov-unit.
In today's units, 1 foot = 30.48 cm.
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From: Ib Rasmussen
Subject: Re: A question for the french readers (somewhat OT)
Date: 7 Apr 2001 17:42:53
Message: <3ACF980B.97620061@ibras.dk>
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Francois Labreque wrote:
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> Ib Rasmussen wrote:
> >
> > I'm going to make a model of a church based on drawings by the french
> > architect Jardin, from about 1750.
> > The measurements on the drawings are in "Pieds". Does any of the you
> > know what that unit converts to in centimetres?
> >
> > I'm guessing that it is about the same as a Danish "fod" (foot), which
> > is 31.4 cm, and it is not all that important for the model, but I am
> > curious.
>
> Yes, a "pied" is indead a "foot". Since at that time, there were no
> definite standard for those measurements - it was either the architect's
> own foot, or in some case the King's - feel free to use whatever you
> feel works fine, such as 1 "pied" = 1 pov-unit.
>
> In today's units, 1 foot = 30.48 cm.
Thank you, Francois, but in the meantime I have searched the net and
found two references. One mentions a "French foot" (or "Paris foot")
equivalent to 33.0 cm. The other mentions a "pied de roi", which must be
the Kings' foot you refer to. It has varied at bit during the ages, but
in 1667 it was fixed at approx. 32.5 cm (324.839 mm). Since the church
in question was designed for and named after the Danish King, I think
that it is appropriate to use the pied de roi for the project. (I could
of course just use 1 pied = 1 unit, as you suggest, but I prefer to
model in cm.)
/Ib
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