| Title |
The Development of the Korean Modern System of Weights and Measures during the Modernization Period |
| Authors |
Lee Geau-Chul ; Jeon Bong-Hee |
| Keywords |
Weights and Measures ; Scale ; Unit of Distance ; Unit of Area ; System of Weights and Measures ; Metric System of Measurement ; Modernization Period ; Colonial Modernization ; Seoul |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to understand the architectural changes according to the introduction of the Korean modern system of weights and measures during the modernization period, through the investigation of the developing process of this system. The first Korean system(「度量衡規則(1902」) had its own contents that adjusted the Korean traditional units of distance and area to the international metric system of measurement, even though it imitated the form of the Japanese system(「度量衡取締條例(1875)」). Since 1907, the Japanese units of distance and area were mainly used and the Korean system changed to Japanese system in 1909. These changes could be explained as the change of unit of area from Kan(間) to Pyoung(坪). |