Firkin

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The (or that) Firkin was an English measure of volume and weight and had two different sizes as a measure of liquid in beer .

The amount was dependent on the type of beer. The difference was determined by the wheat beer (Alen) or the barley beer ( Porter ).

The dimensional chain was the same up to the Firkin

  • 1 tun = 2 butts = 3 puncheons = 4 hogsheads = 6 barrels = 12 kilderkins = 24 firkins

The subsequent smaller dimensions were after the Firkin

  • Wheat beer 24 firkins = 192 gallons = 768 quarts = 1536 pints
  • Barley beer 24 firkins = 216 gallons = 864 quarts = 1728 pints
  • Wheat beer / brandy 1 Firkins = 8 gallons = 16 pottles = 1831 4/5 Parisian cubic inches = 36.3 liters
  • Barley beer 1 Firkins = 9 gallons = 18 pottles = 2060 19/25 Parisian cubic inches = 40 21/25 liters

The Firkin was also an English measure of weight. 56 pounds of butter was 1 firkin. Even soap was weighed out. 64 pounds was now 1 Firkin.

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ August Kretzschmar: General foreign dictionary for trade and commerce. Alphabetical list of non-German words in language and writing…. Otto Spamer, Leipzig 1863, p. 135.
  2. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 551.
  3. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 304.