Bob, My Brunswick ancestor, Daniel Engelcke, is listed in von Riedesel's Order Book as 5 Zoll and 0 Strich. Does this mean that he was 5'5" tall (as I've thought)? Thank you Bill Smith ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Brooks <rcbrooks@pivot.net> Date: Saturday, April 9, 2005 8:52 pm Subject: Re: [HESSIAN] RE: Prussian measures > In German, a Fuß is a Foot and a Zoll is an Inch. Try multiplying > 2.62 x > 12. The Prussian system is 3.15% larger than the English system. > > In Hessian and Brunswick military records I have examined, a man's > height > (Maas) is only listed in Zoll and Strich with a basic 5 Fuß > understood. A > man who stands 5 foot (Fuß) 0 inch (Zoll) by the Prusian system > would be 5 f > oot 1.9 inches by the English system.