Amsterdam load

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The Amsterdam load was a volume and grain measure and was common in the Netherlands ( Holland in old parlance). The load was often used as a reference measure in Europe and was the new Dutch Mudde.

1 Amsterdam load = 3003.912 liters

The dimensional chain was

1 Amsterdam burden = 27 Mudden = 108 Schepels ( Scheffel ) = 432 Vierdevat = 3456 Koppen
1 Schepel = 1,402.11 Parisian cubic inches = 27.814 liters

literature

Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 37.