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Svenska: Krakens storlek efter Olaus Magnus angivelser om ögonens omkrets för hans odöpta monster som tyskan Conrad Gessner senare namngav: Bart-wal ("skäggval") om applicerat på en jättebläckfisk med kroppslängd/ögondiameter-förhållandet 1:48 (uträknad från en 13 meter lång jättebläckfisk med 27 cm i ögondiameter); i Carta marina (1539): 16 till 20 fot, i Historia om de nordiska folken (1555): 8 till 10 kubit, antaget som svenska fot och alnar (enligt svensk översättning för den senare, 1909), motsvarande: 4,75 till 5,94 meter, vilket ger en ögondiameter om 1,51 till 1,89 meter och en längd om 72,5 till 90,7 meter (med marginal upp till 92 meter). Som jämförande visas en 32 meter lång blåval och en cirka 1,8 meter hög människa.
English: The size of the kraken according to Olaus Magnus's indications of the circumference of the eyes of his unnamed monster, which German Conrad Gessner later named: Bart-wal ("bearded whale"), if applied to a giant squid with a body-length/eye-diameter ratio of 1:48 (calculated from a 13 meter long giant squid with 27 cm in eye-diameter); in Carta marina (1539): 16 to 20 feet, in Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1555): 8 to 10 cubits, assumed as Swedish feet and ells (according to the Swedish translation of the latter, 1909), equivalent to: 4.75 to 5.94 meters, giving an eye diameter of 1.51 to 1.89 meters and a length of 72.5 to 90.7 meters (with a margin up to 92 meters). For comparison, a 32 meter long blue whale, and an approximately 1.8 meters tall human, are shown. |
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