Keg (unit)

Keg , the keg, was a name for two different dimensions.

Keg as a unit of mass in North America for fruit

• 1 keg = 45.359 kilograms

Keg as English counting and piece measure

• 1 keg = 60 pieces

but

• 2 kegs = one hundred or 120 pieces

literature

• Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 140 .
• Silver: The coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world are calculated individually according to their values ​​and proportions to all German coins, measurements and weights, along with details of the trading venues and their billing ratios. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 161.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ludolph Schleier: The commercial science. Fest'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig 1848, p. 83.
2. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 558.