Sanded
In the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, the loop was a measure of length for strands of yarn made from flax and hemp . The measure was still valid beyond January 1, 1849, the day the Prussian system of measurement was introduced.
When the yarn was wound onto the counting reel , a number of so-called threads that differed from region to region were tied or tied to form a bundle (hence the name “bundle”). A certain number of bundles finally 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.
- 1 cubit = 0.66694 meters
- 1 thread = 2 cubits
- 1 loop = 20 bundles = 1200 threads = 2400 cubits = 1600.656 meters
Other names for the measure of strands
literature
- Georg Thomas Flügel: Course list continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs , editor LF Huber. Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 247
- Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers: Volume 2 , Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 531
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philipp Bopp: The Hessian Secretary, a practical handbook and auxiliary book in business matters for citizens in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Kommissionsverlag GW Küchler, Darmstadt 1861, p. 360.