Head (unit)

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Köpfchen was a German measure of volume . It was a common grain measure in the Principality of Fulda .

It was a small unit of measurement that was derived from the larger dimensions of Mas , Malter and Metze .

  • 1 mas = 16 heads
  • 1 bitch = 4 heads
  • 1 Malter = 8 Mas = 32 Metze = 128 heads = 17 713 centiliters
  • 1 head was 70 5/16 Parisian cubic inches and was equivalent to 2/5 Prussian capers or 1 13/33 liters.

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world…. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, page 139

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius: Measure and weight book. Jäger'schen book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main 1830, page 175