Hoop (unit)
With hoop , or mill heads , a small measure of grain in was Kingdom of Hanover called. It was a sixteenth (1/16) at the end of the sharing of a load of grain.
While the vessel of the raspberry should be the same in diameter and height, that of the mill head was twice the height of the diameter. The ridge was 14.01 inches in diameter and height. Both volumetric measures in cylindrical form were always calculated with a match .
- 1 hoop / mill head = 1.947 liters
- 1 Himten = 4 Metzen = 16 mill heads
A load had 16 painter with 6 Himten each with 4 Metzen with 4 sixteenths each or hoop / mill head:
- 1 load = 16 Malter = 96 Himten = 384 Metzen / Spint = 1536 sixteenths
- 1 load = 29.9056 hectoliters
- 1 Himten = 1570.4316 Parisian cubic inches = 31.15166 liters
literature
- Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863.
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Published by Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830 (Google Books).