Mäßli
The Mäßli was a Swiss measure of volume with fairly uniform sizes in the various cantons . In some regions a distinction was made between cereals in general and oats , or smooth and rough fruits. Similar terms such as Mäß / Mäs (grain measure in the canton of Bern and Freiburg ) or Mäßel, Mäßl, Mäßchen (Bavaria) are independent measures of volume.
Kanton Aargau
- 1 Mäßli = 71 Parisian cubic inches = 1 2/5 liters
- 4 Mäßli = 1 quarter
- 16 Mäßli = 1 four of a kind
- Laufenburg 1 Mäßli = 69 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 1 13/33 liters
- Rheinfelden 1 Mäßli = 77 3/5 Parisian cubic inches = 1 9/16 liters
- Zofingen 1 Mäßli = 82 Parisian cubic inches = 1 ⅝ liter
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Bremgarten
- Grain without oats 1 Mäßli = 70 ½ Parisian cubic inches = 1 13/33 liters
- Oats 1 Mäßli = 74 ¼ Parisian cubic inches = 1 16/33 liters
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Lenzburg
- Grain without oats 1 Mäßli = 71 ⅜ Parisian cubic inches = 1 13/33 liters
- Oats 1 Mäßli = 76 21/25 Parisian cubic inches = 1 21/40 liters
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Muri
- Grain without oats 1 Mäßli = 71 1/32 Parisian cubic inches
- Oats 1 Mäßli = 71 1/66 Parisian cubic inches
Canton Bern
- 1 Mäßli = Immi = 4 Achterli = 8 sixteen small = 353 ½ Parisian cubic inches = 7 liters
- 2 cups = 1 cup
- 24 Mäßli = 1 Mütt
Canton of Glarus - Schwyz - Uri - Zurich
- 4 Mäßli = 1 four of a kind
- 16 Mäßli = 1 quarter
- 64 Mäßli = 1 Mütt
- 256 Mäßli = 1 Malter
- Grain / Smooth Fruits
- Zurich 1 Mäßli = 64 11/16 Parisian cubic inches = 1 7/25 liters
- Eglisau 1 Mäßli = 72 Parisian cubic inches = 1 17/40 liters
- Winterthur 1 Mäßli = 76 1/5 Parisian cubic inches = 1½ liters
- Pods and rough fruits
- every 1 Mäßli = 65 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 1 3/10 liters
Canton of Zug
- 4 Mäßli = 1 four of a kind
- 16 Mäßli = 1 quarter
- 64 Mäßli = 1 Mütt
- 256 Mäßli = 1 Malter
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train
- Grain without oats 1 Mäßli = 70 ¾ Parisian cubic inches =
- Oats 1 Mäßli = 71 1/66 Parisian cubic inches = 1 2/5 liters
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 168
- Jürgen Elert Kruse : General and especially Hamburg office clerk. Volume 1, author himself, Hamburg 1766, p. 457
- Trade almanac or overview of the most valuable information for trade in the various countries of the world. Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Kontor, Weimar 1838, p. 765