Kapp (unit)

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Kapp was a small grain measure and square measure .

Area measure

The cap was a measure of area and field in Livonia .

Volume measure

The volume measure was valid in Narva .

  • 1 load = 24 tons = 96 quarter note = 768 Kapp ≈ 196,128 Paris cubic inch ≈ 3886.4 liters
  • 1 quarter = 8 Kapp ≈ 2043 Parisian cubic inches ≈ 40.4833 liters
  • 1 cap ≈ 5.06 liters

according to another source:

  • 1 quarter = 8 caps ≈ 38.1628 liters
  • 1 cap ≈ 4.77 liters

If Spanish or French salt was measured, it had

  • 1 load = 18 tons and 34 caps each.

literature

  • Jürgen Elert Kruse : General and especially Hamburg Contorist, who knows the currencies, coins, weights, measures, types of exchange and customs of the most distinguished cities and countries in and outside Europe…. Publishing house of the author's heirs, Hamburg 1808, p. 315.
  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christian Nelkenbrecher: JC Nelkenbrecher's General Pocket Book of Coin, Measure and Weight. Sandersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 421.
  2. ↑ Jakob Christoph Peter: Complete theoretical and practical guide to commercial science. Volume 1, Verlag des Verfassers, Heidelberg 1789, p. 428.
  3. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig, 1830, p. 148.
  4. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Verlag Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 158.
  5. ↑ Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's General Pocket Book of Coin, Measure and Weight. Sandersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 291.