Quire (unit)

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Quire , in the French Main , was an English measure for paper and corresponded to the German measure Ries .

  • 1 Quire = 24 sheets (English: Sheet; French: Feuilles) writing paper, 25 sheets of printing paper

The ream (book of paper), French: rame, was the larger size and was 20 quires or 480 sheets of writing paper or 500 sheets of printing paper.

Was in the United States

literature

  • Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values ​​and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 351.
  • Brockhaus encyclopedia . Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Wiesbaden 1966, ISBN 978-3-76530-000-4 , p. 492.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fr. Silber: The universal calculator for business transactions: Contains the conversion of coins, weights, etc. Dimensions of all countries in the world. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 354.