Thread (thread size)

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The thread , also known as white thread , was the smallest unit of an old length and piece measure for yarn in a strand .

When the yarn was wound onto the counting reel , also called weife , a regionally different number of so-called threads were tied or tied into a bundle one after the other (hence the name “bundle”). A certain number of bundles ultimately formed the finished strand of yarn. One thread was measured by one full turn of a reel. The thread length was therefore dependent on the circumference of the reel, which in turn was also determined by the material of the yarn to be measured, i.e. cotton , wool , linen or hemp .

The values ​​of a thread were, as was customary before the introduction of the decimal system, very different from region to region, they were measured in the usual lengths such as cubits , inches or feet and were the basis for trade.

Berlin and Prussia

  • 1 thread = 3.5 Berlin cubits

Bohemia , Moravia and Austrian Silesia

  • 1 thread of fine linen yarn = 3 yards (Bohemian) = 790 Parisian lines = 1.682 meters
  • 1 thread of coarse yarn = 4 yards (Böhm.) = 1053 Parisian lines = 2.376 meters

Wroclaw

  • 1 ends = 4 cubits (old Breslauer) = 3.455 cubits (Prussia) = 2.304 meters

Gdansk / Warmia

England , Ireland , Scotland

  • 1 thread = 1.5 yards = 608 Parisian lines = 1.371 meters
  • 1 thread of linen yarn = 2½ yard = 1013 7/20 Parisian lines = 2.285 meters
  • 1 thread of woolen yarn = 1 yard = 405 7/20 Parisian lines = 0.914 meters

Fulda

  • 1 white (thread) linen yarn = 5 ¼ cubits (Fulda) = 1065 4/5 Parisian lines = 2.4 meters

Hanover

  • 1 thread of linen yarn = 3 ¾ yards

Electorate of Hesse

  • 1 thread = 4 Kassel cubits 3 inches = 2.35 meters
  • 1 bundle = 60 threads
  • 1 strand = 20 bundles = 1200 threads = 3827 Hannoversche Ellen = 2820 meters

or

  • 1 bundle = 40 threads
  • 1 strand = 30 bundles = 1200 threads

Koenigsberg

  • 1 thread = 3.5 Berlin cubits

Austria

  • 1 thread of wool or cotton = 2 ¼ Viennese yards = 776 Parisian lines = 1.753 meters
  • 1 bundle = 50 threads
  • 1 string = 350 threads
  • 1 thread of linen yarn = 1.25 Viennese yards = 0.974 meters

or

  • 1 thread of linen yarn = 2.5 Viennese yards = 2.33764 meters

Quedlinburg

  • 1 thread = 3.5 Calenberger yards
  • 10 shock = 6000 threads

Switzerland , St. Gallen

  • 1 thread of cotton yarn = 4 to 5 feet

Kingdom of Württemberg

  • 1 thread = 1.5 yards (württemberg.)

or

  • 1 thread = 2 yards (württemberg.)

See also

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world ... , Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830
  • Karl Rumler: Overview of dimensions, weights, etc. Currencies of the most exquisite states ... , Verlag Jasper, Hügel u. Manz, Vienna 1849
  • CLW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships , Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838
  • General scoreboard of the Germans . Volume 1, year 1812, Becker, Gotha 1812, p. 388

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world… . Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 87
  2. ↑ Karl Karmarsch : Handbook of Mechanical Technology, Volume 2 . Verlag Helwing, 1858, p. 1163