Both (unit)
Both was a volume measure reserved in Hamburg , Riga and Gdansk , Málaga and for Spanish wines. In various regions, the measure was also referred to as Sektpipe. In Amsterdam and Antwerp too , Spanish wines were counted according to this measure.
- Amsterdam
- Antwerp
- 1 Both = 152 Stoop / bottle = 8 ½ buckets (Wiener)
- Danzig
- 1 Both = ¼ load = ½ barrel = 2 Oxhoft = 3 Ohm = 12 anchors = 360 quart (Prussian) = 20,780 ¼ Parisian cubic inch = 411 7/9 liters
- Hamburg
- 1 Both ( sparkling wine ) = 120 to 130 small rooms = 21,900 to 23,725 Parisian cubic inches = 434 to 470 liters
- 1 Both ( wine ) = 140 small rooms = 25,550 Parisian cubic inches = 506.30 liters
- Riga
- 1 Both (Spanish sparkling wine) = 12 anchors = 60 quarters = 360 Stoof = 21,960 Parisian cubic inches = 435 1/3 liters
- Málaga (The Both or Bota )
- 1 Both = 30 Arrobas = 23,820 Parisian cubic inches = 472 liters
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 25
- Joseph Johann Littrow : JJ Von Littrow's manual of the most excellent coins, measures and weights for comparison with those of the Austrian imperial state. Beck's Verlagsbuchhandlung, Vienna 1865, p. 47
- Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: 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 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 29