Hangman
In the Duchy of Oldenburg, the hangman was a measure of liquid for wine , beer and milk and a measure of measure for grain .
It was:
- 1 handle man = ¼ ton
With grain
- 1 handlebar = 1 ¾ bushel = 1930 Paris cubic feet
When measuring beer, the barrel fluctuated between 112 and 116 cans .
- 1 (wine) jug = 1.368 liters
- 1 (beer) jug = 1.425 liters
- 1 Henkemann = 28 cans = 39.9 liters
Grain and beer cans were the same In Delmenhorst 1 Henkemann only had 24 cans. But these were bigger than the Oldenburgs. In Delmenhorst, 1 load = 144 Oldenburg bushels = 18 cans.
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pages 125, 137
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Josef Odenthal: L. Rothschild's pocket book for merchants, especially for trainees in the trade. Verlag von Otto Spamer, Leipzig 1860, page 93.
- ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 9, Leipzig 1907, p. 16.
- ^ Shepherd and Association of Scholars and Practical Merchants: Trade Lexicon or Encyclopedia of the Entire Trade Science. Volume 4, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1849, page 244.
- ↑ Schulze: Oldenburg State Calendar: on the year of Christ 1824. Oldenburg 1824, page 314
- ↑ Ludwig Kohli: Handbook of a historical-statistical-geographical description of the Duchy of Oldenburg, including the inheritance of Jever. Volume 2, Verlag Wilhelm Kaiser, Bremen 1825, page 189.