Hondert

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Hondert was a Dutch measure of volume and counting.

Volume measure

It was only used for coarse sea ​​salt .

In Rochelle, France, a Hondert had 28 muids of salt and each muid was calculated as 15,744 Parisian cubic inches, about 312 liters .

Counting measure

The term Hondert was a counting measure in the fur trade and meant one hundred .

Individual evidence

  1. Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's General Pocket Book of Coin, Measure and Weight. Sandersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 17.
  2. Gustav Adolph Jahn : Dictionary of applied mathematics: a manual for use. Volume 1, Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 609.
  3. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 205.
  4. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 40.