Question

‘Elle’ was frequently used in the states of German confederation. What was it ?

Answer 1

Elle -It's a measure of cloth which was in each region of Europe stood for a different length and Ally of textile material brought in Frankfurt was equal to 54.7 cm of cloth in main 55.1 cm in Nuremberg 65.6 cm and in freiburg 53.5 cm.

Answer 2

Elle was a terminalogy commonly used in the German Confederation. It was a metric system used in the German Confederation's states. It was used to calculate the length of cloth. It was the length of the cloth from elbow to fingertip that was measured. Elle varied depending on the length of the cloth. An Elle for textiles, for example, is 55.1 cm in Mainz and 55.6 cm in Nuremberg, and so on.