Hat (unit)
A hat salt was a form of trade according to which refined sea salt was traded. The shape is said to have been similar to that of the typical sugar loaf . Next to the boiling pan, there were several frustoconical wooden containers for holding salt, which gave the measure its name. The amount was dependent on the valid amount of Malter , but was not always the same as the "grain age". But 128 liters can be taken as a guide for a painter.
Had in Bingen
- 1 hat = 172 pounds
- 1 hat = 206 pounds in the Bad Nauheim , Bad Salzhausen , Theodorshalle near Bad Kreuznach and Ludwigshall salt pans
- 1 hat = 336 pounds in Saline Orb
The dimensional chain was
- 1 hat = 2 sacks = 2 Malter = 8 Viernzel = 16 Simmer = 64 Immel = 256 Seßling / Mäßlein
- 1 hundred (salt) = 108 hats = 216 sacks
The measure has been demonstrable since the 15th century. Along with Malter, Scheibe and Sack, it was a measure for wholesalers. For example, in 1670 the price for a Cologne hat salt in Heidelberg was 12 Reichstaler.
See also
literature
- Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobsson, Otto Ludwig Hartwig, Gottfried Erich Rosenthal: Technological dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all useful mechanical arts, manufactories, factories and craftsmen, as well as all works, instruments, tools and artificial words, according to their nature and true use. Volume 2, Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1782, p. 297
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian Extraordinary Parliament: Negotiations of the Second Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. Volume 5, Verlag CW Leske, Darmstadt 1851, p. 458.
- ^ I. Mone (Landesarchiv Karlsruhe): Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine. Volume 12, G. Braun'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Karlsruhe 1861, p. 424.