Ballin (unit)
The ballin , or the bucket, was a measure of volume in Greenland . The measure was used for bubbles from whales and seals .
- North Greenland
- 1 Ballin = 1 ½ beer tonnes (Danish) = 197 liters
- South Greenland
- 1 Ballin = 1 ⅓ beer barrel (Danish) = 175 liters
literature
- R. Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting methods and time values. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 22.