Ring (unit)
Ring are several historical units of measurement:
- Piece measure
Ring was a German piece measure in the timber trade and was valid in Germany , especially in Hamburg and Danzig . But cities on the Main also counted with rings. The measure was important in rafting to calculate the stump , a subset of the raft. A stump was calculated by multiplying the width and height of the yoked (assembled) boards plus the number of final boards. 110 boards were sold as a unit. The stump were cut boards that were joined to make rafts. It was called Mainborden . Generally it was true
- 1 ring = 2 small hundred = 4 shock = 240 pieces
- 5 rings = 1 great thousand = 1200 pieces
In Russia , Danzig and Mecklenburg-Schwerin the counting and piece size was known to be 240 pieces.
- various containers
- 1 ring = 5 pounds of wire
- Length measure
In England it was a measure of length and was also called a link.
- 1 ring = 20.116 centimeters
literature
- Association of Scholars and Practical Merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for business people in general. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1838 SS 146, 666.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b 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. 358.
- ↑ G. Buchner: The most worth knowing from the measure, weight u. Coin history in tabular form with special consideration of the Bavarian. Measurement and weight system. I. Paulsche Buchdruckerei, Günzburg 1853, pp. 27, 28.