Écheveau

Écheveau was the French name for a measure of yarn that was applied to strands .

When winding the yarn on the Zählhaspel or Weife a regionally different number of so-called was sequentially each thread (French Fil ) to a container - French Portée or Echevette (the name "container" therefore) tied or tied - called. In Sedan and Elbeuf the container was called macque . A certain number of bundles finally formed the finished strand of yarn. One thread was measured by one full turn of a reel. The thread length was therefore dependent on the circumference of the reel, which in turn was also determined by the material of the yarn to be measured.

Old measure

For linen , hemp and wool yarns , calculations were still based on the old reel. The number of strands per old pound ( ponds de marc ) with 489.5 grams , later per 500 grams, determined the yarn number .

• 1 quarter / quart (quarter) = 12 ½ portées = 3200 aunes = 6508 Hanoverian cubits = 3803 meters

New dimension

According to the newer metric system were in machine spinning

• 1 fil = 2.743 meters = 3 yards
• 1 échevette = 100 fils = 275 meters (rounded in practice) = 300 yards
• 1 écheveau = 12 échevettes = 3300 meters = 3600 yards
• 1 Paquet = 100 Écheveau = 6 English bundles

or

• 1 fil = 2.286 meters = 2½ yards
• 1 échevette = 120 fils

Other names for the measure of strands

• Sanded
• Hank
• Lop
• Roof
• More quickly
• Great
• Fiddling

literature

• Carl Heinrich Schmidt: Textbook of the spinning mechanics. Text volume, Volume 1, Verlag BG Teubner, Leipzig 1857
• Something about the history of cotton spinning. In: Polytechnisches Journal . 58, 1835, Miszelle 2, pp. 171-174.
• Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl Karmarsch : Handbook of Mechanical Technology, Volume 2 . Verlag Helwing, 1858, p. 1165
2. ↑ Karl Karmarsch: Handbook of Mechanical Technology, Volume 2 . Verlag Helwing, 1858, p. 1165