Quart (yarn measure)

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With Quart (dt. District ) was in France a measure of yarn called

1 quarter = 12 ½ containers
1 portée / bundle = 16 threads
1 thread = 16 yards / aunes
1 quarter = 3200 aunes = about 3800 meters

In the municipality of Catillon-sur-Sambre ( Département Nord ), the thread produced had a special delicacy and thus

1 quarter = ¾ quench = 2867 milligrams

The fineness of the yarn corresponded to the metric yarn number 663, in English cotton yarn number 787. This information comes from the year 1823

literature

Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute (Vienna), Johann J. Prechtl: Yearbooks of the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna. Volume 13, Verlag Carl Georg, Vienna 1828, p. 148