Prussian bin

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The Prussian bin is an old unit of measurement for bulk goods such as B. hard coal . In 1827, the Prussian bin replaced the previously valid volume unit, the bushel . The Prussian barrel corresponded to the unit of measurement valid at the time for ship surveying, the space barrel . From 1881, the Prussian barrel was replaced by the officially valid weight barrel .

Basics

A Prussian barrel had the volume of 7.1111 Prussian cubic feet. This corresponded to 11,082.968 Parisian cubic inches or 12,288 Prussian cubic inches, which is the equivalent of 219.846 liters. A Prussian cubic foot with distilled water in a vacuum corresponded to the weight of 66 Prussian pounds. Due to the different specific weights of the respective bulk goods, the conversion into kilograms is often not absolutely accurate.

Weight differences

Although the Prussian bin did not fluctuate as much as the bushel or the ringlet , there were slight differences depending on the chamber of commerce district. Four bushels were a Prussian ton and this corresponded to a weight of about 220 kilograms. In the Essen / Mülheim / Oberhausen Chamber of Commerce district, a Prussian ton weighed 215 kilograms. Until 1855 - with a few exceptions - the weight of 220 kilograms can be taken as a basis for the Prussian bin. With the adjustment of the dimensions in 1855, the weight of 200 kilograms was determined for a Prussian ton in all of Prussia. Despite this uniform size definition, many mines used their own measurements or the old units of measurement for a long time after 1855.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tilo Cramm, Joachim Huske: Miners' language in the Ruhr area. 5th revised and redesigned edition, Regio-Verlag, Werne 2002, ISBN 3-929158-14-0 .
  2. ↑ a b c Joachim Huske : The coal mines in the Ruhr area. Data and facts from the beginning to 2005 (= publications from the German Mining Museum Bochum 144). 3rd revised and expanded edition. Self-published by the German Mining Museum, Bochum 2006, ISBN 3-937203-24-9 .
  3. ↑ H. Gräff, CF Koch , L. v. Rönne , H. Simon, A. Wentzel (Hrsg.): Additions and explanations of the Prussian legal books through legislation and science. Using the Ministerial of Justice files and the law revision work. Volume 5: Supplements and explanations of the general land law for the Prussian states through legislation and science. Additions to Part II, Titles 13-19. 3rd, improved and increased edition. Aderholz, Breslau 1849.
  4. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. First division: Aachen - Pesth. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851.
  5. ↑ JSD Bock, Carl Crüger: JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight for bankers and merchants. Fourteenth edition, in the Ganderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828.