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>John Tredrea's 10/31/07 post, of Al Parker's >Comparative Weights and Measures, shows a Portuguese >foot as 1.0774731 larger than a British or American >foot. > >Teemu's site lists a Portuguese foot as being .9118341 >that of an British or American foot. > >The sites I found on the net, for historical >Portuguese feet, showed a figure of 1.0933071 times a >British or American foot. > >All of this is very confusing when attempting to >obtain the BM tonnage of Portuguese vessels. > >Finally, page 73 of Tres Seculos No Mar, III >Parte/Fragatas/Volume 2, lists the dimensions of the >Princesa Do Brasil in both Portuguese feet and meters. > When the two are compared, it would make the >Portuguese foot come out to 1.082675 times a British >or American foot. If that figure is correct, it would >make some Portuguese ships very large for their class. > >By this information, I am not assuming any of the >figures are more correct than the rest, but I would >like to see some comment on this.

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