Halster
The halster was a Dutch measure of volume and was used as a measure of grain with a size dependent on the region and the type of grain.
The dimensions in detail:
- Ghent 1 halster wheat = 2608 Parisian cubic inches = 51 ⅗ liters
- Gent 1 halster oat = 2625 Parisian cubic inches = 52 liters
- Löwen 1 halster wheat = 2616 Parisian cubic inches = 51 ⅞ liters
The difference was in Ghent
- Wheat 56 halsters = 1 load
- Oats 38 halsters = 1 load
There were also 12 halsters equal to 1 weary or 6 sacks
- 2 halsters = 1 sack = 5216 Parisian cubic inches = 103.47 liters
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 122.
- Joseph Johann von Littrow , Carl Ludwig von Littrow : JJ v. Littrow's Comparison of the Most Excellent Measures, Weights, and Coins. Beck, 1844, p. 31.
Individual evidence
- ^ Carl Günther Ludovici , Johann Christian Schedel: Newly opened Academy of Merchants, or encyclopaedic merchant lexicon. Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1798, p. 658.
- ↑ Alexander Lachmann: Latest illustrated coin, measure and weight. Moritz Schäfer Verlag, Leipzig 1867, Volume 2, p. 432.