Koenigsberger bushel
The Königsberger Scheffel was a volume and grain measure in Königsberg.
- 1 Königsberg bushel = 4 quarters = 16 Metzen = 36 fabrics = 2592 Parisian cubic inches = 51.4 liters ( wine measure )
After the abolition of the Königsberg bushel in 1714 and the introduction of the "Berlin measure", the old Berlin bushel was counted under the term extent and the old Koenigsberger bushel with a measure . It was used again under cover. It corresponded
- 1 load = 24 tons or in bushels: 56 ½ dimensions or 60 one dimension.
- 1 one-size bushel = 38 to 40 fabrics
- 1 dimension bushel = 35 fabrics
literature
- Joseph Meyer: The great conversation lexicon for the educated classes. Volume 18, Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen / Amsterdam / Paris / Philadelphia 1851, p. 400
- Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange-state paper-banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1861, p. 192
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Armstedt: History of the royal. Capital and residence city of Königsberg in Prussia. Hobbing & Büchle, 1899, p. 197