Ballot (unit)

Ballot ( French : bale) was a French piece measure and corresponded to the bale or the pack . The measure was used in the glass and paper trade:

• Glass measure
  • 1 ballot = 25  bundles of 6 sheets of white glass each
  • 1 ballot = 12 ½ bundles of 3 tablets of colored glass
• Paper measure
  • 1 ballot = 24  reams (in Marseille )
  • 1 ballot = 14 reams (in Provence ).

literature

• Smaller Brockhaus'sches conversation lexicon for manual use. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1854, p. 365.