Sixteen
Sechzehnerli was a Swiss measure of volume in the canton of Bern and was mainly used for grain and other dry fruits. The measure chain was
- 1 Mütt = 12 Mäß = 48 Imi = 96 eight pieces = 192 sixteen pieces = 168.135 liters
- 1 sixteen = 44 Parisian cubic inches = ⅞ liters
- 2 sixteen = 1 eight
- 4 sixteen = 1 immi
- 8 sixteen = 1 cup
- 16 sixteen = 1 meager
- 192 sixteen = 1 Mütt
literature
- Complete handbook of coins, measures, and weights of all countries in the world ... P. 311 by Friedr. Alb. Niemann, 1830
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830.
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hülscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 136.