Reep (unit)

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The Reep , also Reif or Repp , was in Bremen, next to thread, a measure of firewood for larger quantities and dimensions. The measure was abolished by a law of August 17, 1868 introducing metric measures. It was valid at least until the real introduction of the new dimensions in the North German Confederation on January 1, 1872.

The Reep was 4 ½ feet in length . The dense pile of firewood heaped in this way was hand-tensioned with a 17½-foot (17-foot) chain by the dealer with a slight chain extension. So measured the bundle, an instep , 2.45 ster ( cubic meters ) or 119 cubic feet .

In addition to 4 ½ feet, there were also reepwood 5 or 6 feet long. In comparison, about 1½ to 2 fathoms were a Reep.

The thread was suitable for smaller firewood sales. 1 thread was 1.7442 Ster . Its volume had the specified individual dimensions of 6 feet in length and 6 feet in width with a log length of 2 feet. The thread was 72 cubic feet, but also up to 78 cubic feet if the log length changed. The 12 inch foot in Bremen had 128,268 Paris lines .

literature

  • Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange-government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 81.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's General Pocket Book of Coin, Measure and Weight. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, pp. 82, 92.
  2. ↑ Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher: General pocket book of coin, measure and weight, the exchange, money and fund course etc. For bankers and merchants. Georg Reimer, Berlin 1871, p. 102.
  3. ↑ Measurement, weight and coin tables, along with other auxiliary tables for merchants, manufacturers, traders. Ebner'sche Buchhandlung, Nuremberg 1856, p. 50.
  4. ↑ a b Jürgen Elert Kruse : General and especially Hamburg Contorist, who speaks of the currencies, coins, weights, measures, types of exchange and customs of the most distinguished cities and countries in and outside Europe .... , Publishing house of the author's heirs, Hamburg 1808, p. 123.