Matto (unit)

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Matto , also called matzo, was a unit of measure and was used as a measure of measure for packing several strands of Italian silk yarn .

In organzine silk ( warp - thread ):

  • 1 Matto = 4 bundles or Knup (p) s = 24 strings

(This container is not to be confused with the container as a dependent sub-unit of a strand).

For trame silk ( weft or weft silk ):

  • 1 Matto = 16 struts.

The length of the strut was 40 inches for undyed silk, and that of dyed silk was slightly shorter.

Other names for a measure of bundles of strands of yarn

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. 186

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Georg Krünitz: Economic-technological encyclopedia, or general system of state, town, house and agriculture and the history of art. Paulischen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1830, p. 328
  2. ↑ Johann Heinrich Moritz von Poppe: Detailed people's trade teaching or general and special technology. Volume 2, Hoffmannsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1839, p. 276