Special

Beson was an old volume measure for liquids in Augsburg .

Subdivision

• 1 special = 8 dimensions
• 96 Beson = 1 Fuder = 8 Now = 16 Muids = 768 Measure = 1536 Seidel = 3072 Quartel = 6144 Eighths

Web links

• Old weights and measures in Augsburg (PDF file; 322 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ German universal conversation lexicon or complete dictionary of the expressions, terms and idioms used for art and science, trade, dealing and reading from all foreign, living and dead languages. Volume 1, Belgische Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1837, p. 457
2. ↑ The unit "Fuder" was subject to a two-part system of measurement, consisting of the visor size and the head size.
3. ↑ Jurende's Moravian Wanderer: Business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 13, Winiker, Brünn 1824, p. 59