Member (unit)

Glied , also called Stein or Kleed , was a German wool weight in the former Hessian province of Fulda .

• 1 link = 21 pounds (Fulda) = 1/5 quintals (wool) = 22 1/16 pounds (Prussian)
• 5 links = 1 cent of wool = 110 pounds (Prussian)

See also

• Kleuder

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 44, 108.
• Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers, as well as for business people in general: Or a complete dictionary of trade. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1843, p. 390.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values ​​and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 188.