▁ ▁Vo et ▁The ▁voet ▁(" foot ") ▁was ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁order ▁of ▁magnitude ▁as ▁the ▁English ▁foot ▁( ), ▁but ▁its ▁exact ▁size ▁varied ▁from ▁city ▁to ▁city ▁and ▁from ▁province ▁to ▁province . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 1 , ▁ 1 2 ▁or ▁ 1 3 ▁du imen ▁( in ches ) ▁in ▁a ▁voet , ▁depending ▁on ▁the ▁city ' s ▁local ▁reg ulations . ▁ ▁The ▁R ijn land ▁foot ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁use ▁since ▁ 1 6 2 1 ▁was ▁most ▁commonly ▁used ▁voet ▁in ▁the ▁both ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁in ▁parts ▁of ▁Germany . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 7 , ▁de ▁Gel der ▁measured ▁the ▁copy ▁of ▁the ▁R ijn land ▁foot ▁in ▁the ▁Le iden ▁observ atory ▁to ▁be ▁ ▁while ▁E yt el w ien ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁master ▁copy ▁that ▁was ▁in ▁use ▁in ▁Germany ▁was ▁ ▁– ▁a ▁difference ▁of ▁ 0 . 0 3 %. ▁In ▁the ▁sevent e enth ▁and ▁eigh teenth ▁centuries ▁Dutch ▁sett lers ▁took ▁the ▁R ijn land ▁foot ▁to ▁the ▁Cape ▁Col ony . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 9 , ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁the ▁col ony ▁had ▁passed ▁into ▁British ▁control , ▁the ▁Cape ▁foot ▁was ▁cal ibr ated ▁against ▁the ▁English ▁foot ▁and ▁leg ally ▁defined ▁as ▁ 1 . 0 3 3 ▁English ▁feet ▁( ). ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁is ▁a ▁partial ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁various ▁vo eten ▁in ▁use ▁the ▁Netherlands : ▁▁ ▁one ▁R