Main (unit)

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Main was a French paper measure.

  • 1 main = 24 sheets of writing paper
  • 1 main = 25 sheets of printing paper . From French “la main” (the hand): the sheets of five sheets were counted with the five fingers of the hand.

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. 174 .