Hut jug

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The hut pot was a volume measure for determining the size of hollow cast parts in foundries .

The specialty of the measure lay in the measurement of the amount of the molding compound (sand, clay ) during the production of the casting mold. This amount was the prerequisite for determining the price of the casting. The measure was used in Saxony and Bohemia . A Dresden jug had 0.93559 liters .

  • In Saxony 1 hut jug = 9 Dresden jugs = 8.4203 liters

literature

  • Gustav Adolph Jahn: Dictionary of applied mathematics: a manual for use. Volume 1, Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 615
  • Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, Volume 8. Altenburg 1859, p. 645.
  • Freyherrn von Hofmann's treatise on ironworks. Vierlingsche Buchhandlung, Hof 1783, p. 26

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig Julius Friedrich Höpfner: German Encyclopedia or General Real Dictionary of All Arts and Sciences. Volume 17, Varrentrapp and Wenner, Frankfurt am Main 1791, p. 290