Karine (unit)

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The Karine was a Prussian volume measure for coal , especially charcoal . Karine was the name given to a measuring vessel. This basket was called that in the Neumark .

1 karine = 7½ bushels = 13 1/3 cubic feet about 1.874 tons

literature

Alfred Püschel: Brief forest encyclopedia: a hand and pocket book with auxiliary boards, protractors and planimeters. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1860, p. 208.
Hannelore Deya: New historical lexicon: Edition Vorpommern. Haff Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-94291-683-7 , p. 198.