Lopp (unit)

The Lopp , even Lop or loft , was a German Stückmaß for yarn - strands in the Duchy of Brunswick and the Kingdom of Hanover . The measure was one of the measures adapted to the metric system, confirmed for example in the Duchy of Braunschweig on March 30, 1837. A distinction was made there between Kauflopp and Werklopp .

When the yarn was wound onto the counting reel , a number of so-called threads that differed from region to region were tied or tied to form a bundle (hence the name “bundle”). A certain number of bundles finally formed the finished strand of yarn (Lopp). One thread was measured by one full turn of a reel. The thread length was therefore dependent on the circumference of the reel, which in turn was also determined by the material of the yarn to be measured.

Braunschweig

1 cubit (brown-black) = 2 feet = 253 Parisian lines = 0.57072 meters
1 reel thread = 3 ¾ yards (brown-black) = 2.1402 meters

Kauflopp

1 bundle = 90 threads
1 purchase lot = 10 bundles = 900 reel threads = 3375 yards

Werklopp

1 bundle = 100 threads
1 Werklopp (house yarn) = 1000 bundles = 3750 cubits
1 bunch of yarn = 20 loops

An older name in this region for Lopp was Läpf.

Hanover

1 reel thread = 3 ¾ yards (hannov.) = 2.1907 meters

In the Kingdom of Hanover and at various locations, 1 bundle often only had 82–87 threads.

Other names for the measure of strands

literature

Gustav Adolph Jahn : Dictionary of applied mathematics: a handbook for use ... , Volume 1, Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 795
Heinrich August Pierer : Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present or ... , Volume 8, AP Pierer publishing house, Altenburg, 1858, p. 6
Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher : General pocket book of coin, measure and weight, the exchange, money and fund course, etc. For bankers and merchants. Reimer, 1871, p. 98
Alexander Lachmann: Commercial geography: For use for the commercial and commercial sector. Schäfer, 1863, p. 57
Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Coin, Measure and Weight Book: The monetary, measure and exchange system, rates, government papers, banks, trading institutions and customs of all countries and important places. Brockhaus, 1858, p. 121
Karl Karmarsch : Handbook of Mechanical Technology, Volume 2. Verlag Helwing, 1858, p. 1163

Individual evidence

↑ Georg Thomas Flügel: Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Editor LF Huber. Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 68.
^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 145.
^ Johann Heinrich Ludwig Bergius: Police and Cameral magazine. Volume 6, Andreean Buchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1771, p. 257.
^ Leopold Einsle: Systematic compilation of the most excellent European measures, weights and coins ... , Verlag Jof. Kösel'sche Buchhandlung, Kempten 1846, p. 41.
↑ Stay 78, 173.

[1] Georg Thomas Flügel: Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Editor LF Huber. Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 68.

[2] Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 145.

[3] Johann Heinrich Ludwig Bergius: Police and Cameral magazine. Volume 6, Andreean Buchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1771, p. 257.

[4] Leopold Einsle: Systematic compilation of the most excellent European measures, weights and coins ... , Verlag Jof. Kösel'sche Buchhandlung, Kempten 1846, p. 41.

[5] Stay 78, 173.