Sahm (unit)
Sahm was a Hungarian measure of volume and its use was that of a measure of coal. The term is derived from hem or soma (see Ohm ) and can be viewed as a quarter of a fuders .
- 1 Sahm = 7 cubic feet (Prussian) about 215 liters
Its dimension was 34 inches long and 30 inches wide. The height was 12 inches. In practice, the amount of two sahm was counted as a load for a horse. This amount was divided into two bags.
literature
- Pierer's Universal Lexicon. Volume 14. Altenburg 1862, p. 759.
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph Marx von Liechtenstern: Handbook of the latest geography of the Austrian imperial state. Volume 1, B. Ph.Bauer, Vienna 1817, p. 585
- ↑ Friedrich Erdmann Petri: Compact handbook of foreign words in German written and colloquial language. Arnoldische Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1852, p. 741
- ^ Eduard Beer: The latest foreign dictionary for Germanization and explanation. Volume 2, Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1838, p. 683