Mingel
The Mingel , also Mengelen , was a measure of volume for oil and wine . The measure was widespread in Germany and the Netherlands . Each liquid had its own value. Even with wine one differentiates according to origin.
Netherlands
In the Netherlands, the mingel or mengelen corresponded to the pipa .
- Antwerp 2 Mingel = 1 Stoop = 4 pints = 160 Parisian cubic inches = 3 1/6 liters
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Amsterdam 2 Mingel = 1 Stoop = 4 pints = 120 Parisian cubic inches = 2 ½ liters
- 6 2/9 mingels = 1 quarter
- 16 Mingel = 1 Steekan = 988 Parisian cubic inches = 19 3/5 liters
- 32 Mingel = 1 anchor
- Beer 1 mingel = 61 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 1 9/40 liters
- Beer 128 mingels = 1 ton
- Brandy , Rhine and Moselle wines 1 mingel / pipa = 2 pints = 8 musjes = 61 ½ Parisian cubic inches = 1 1/5 liters
- French wine 120 Mingel = 1 animal
- French wine 180 Mingel = 1 Oxhoft = 13,000 Parisian cubic inches = 257 3/5 liters
- Oil 120 Mingel = 1 Ohm
- Olive oil 717 Mingel = 1 barrel
- Tran 192 Mingel = 1 barrel
- Tran 96 Mingel = 1 small ton
- Tran 288 minels = 18 steekans = 1 quardeel = 17,785 Parisian cubic inches = 352 ¼ liters
- Wine, brandy 128 mingels = 1 ohm = 7705 Parisian cubic inches = 152 2/5 liters
- Wine, Spanish and Portuguese 340 Mingel = 1 pipe
Germany
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Bremen
- 1 mingel = 10 Parisian cubic inches = 1/5 liter
- 4 mingels = 1 quart
- 16 Mingel = 1 room
- 35 Mingel = 1 quarter french. Wine
- 36 Mingel = 1 quarter of Rhine wine
- 96 mingels = 1 ton of oil
- 176 Mingel = 1 anchor (wine)
- 720 Mingel = 1 Ahm / Tierce (wine) = 1 ton (beer)
- 1080 Mingel = 1 Oxhoft (wine) = 1 barrel (brandy)
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Hildesheim
- Tran 1152 Mingel = 72 Steekan = 12 tons = 11,520 Parisian cubic inches = 228 ¼ liters
literature
- Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight for bankers and merchants. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 198