Lögel

This article covers the volume measurement for liquids. For the slip rings on sailing ships see the list of nautical technical terms under "L" .

The or the Lögel was a German volume measure for liquids.

It was a "grand ducal Hessian measure". The measure applied from May 1, 1825 according to the ordinance of August 10, 1824 in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg. One ohm was calculated as 3 1/5 lobes, i.e. 8065.99 Parisian cubic inches or 160 liters.

• 1 Lögel = 25 degree = 100 pint = 2520.62 Paris cubic inches = 50 liters

The measure was also called Homburger Lögel.

See also

• Lägel

literature

• CLW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 102

Individual evidence

1. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 234
2. ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 361