Eighth end

A Dutch measure was the eighth end . It was a measure of length and was similar in volume to the figure eight. It was used as a grain measure.

Volume unit

1 load = 29 sacks = 87 figure eight
1 eighth = 1677 Parisian cubic inches about 33.35 liters

Unit of length

Eighth end was also a Dutch measure of length, corresponded to the eighth and was also known as an older measure with eighth .

1 eighth = 0.3213 centimeters

literature

CLW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships . Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 108.

Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world…. Gottfried Basse publishing house, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830.

Individual evidence

↑ Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 2.

[1] Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 2.