Brabant cubit
The Brabant cubit was a European measure of length with sometimes significant deviations in length. The name is borrowed from the Brabant region , as there was an important industrial center here and was felt to be trend-setting. The Brabant cubit was widely used, although there were different lengths for this cubit. The regional cubits existed alongside this measure and were often referred to as the little cubits.
The Brabant cubit was not, like other cubits, 2 local feet , but up to a good 2 ½ feet and more. This Dutch yardstick was used for so-called foreign cut goods. The Brabant Elle had 308.09 Paris lines as the Brussels original .
Examples
- Aachen 1 Brabant cubit = 301.53 Parisian lines = 680.2 millimeters
- Bremen 1 Brabant cubit = 307.8424 Parisian lines = 694.44 millimeters
- Brussels , Antwerp 1 Brabant cubit = 695 millimeters
- Frankfurt am Main 1 Brabant cubit = 309.908 Parisian lines = 699 millimeters
- Hamburg 1 Brabant Elle = 306.49477 Parisian lines = 691.4 millimeters
- Hanau 1 Brabant cubit = 307.8557 Parisian lines = 694.7 millimeters
- Hanover 1 Brabant cubit = 691.4 millimeters
- Hessen-Kassel 1 Brabant cubit = 307.8403 Parisian lines = 694.3 millimeters
- Holland 1 Brabant cubit = 694.4 millimeters
- Kingdom of Saxony , Leipzig 1 Brabant cubit = 303.924 Parisian lines = 685.6 millimeters
- Krefeld 1 Brabant cubit = 305.99831 Parisian lines = 690.28 millimeters
- Oldenburg 1 Brabant cubit = 306.5 Parisian lines = 691.41 millimeters
literature
- Carl LW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838
- Aloys Hofmann: New general Wiener Handlungs- und Industrie-Zeitung, or notifications of the latest ... From the areas of trade, factories and trades, house and agriculture and art. Volume 1, number 33 (October 24, 1827), Ludwig, 1827, p. 129