Support (unit)

Support was a fluid measure and varied in size from region to region.

Grand Duchy of Baden

1 support = 10 measures = 100 glasses = 15 liters
10 supports = 1 ohm

Canton of Neuchâtel

1 prop / brochet = 32 pots = 768 Parisian cubic inches = 15 1/5 liters
2 brochets = 1 bucket / setier
24 brochets = 1 muid

Canton of Solothurn

According to the ordinance of May 31, 1824,

1 support = 5 dimensions = 8 liters

The measure was 80.3664 Parisian cubic inches or 159.418 centiliters

1 Brente = 5 supports
1 hem = 4 pennies and the hem was therefore 8036.64 Parisian cubic inches or 15941.8 centiliters .

Since the 1 Sester = 15 liters as bagged goods and 1 support liquid measure also counted with 15 liters, it was also named Sester support. There were double semesters and double support.

literature

Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world ... , Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830.
Georg K. Chelius , Johann F. Hauschild, Heinrich Christian Schumacher : Measure and weight book. Jäger, Frankfurt am Main 1830.

Web links

Wiktionary: support - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

^ FA Niemann : Complete handbook of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ... , Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 28.
^ Georg K. Chelius, Johann F. Hauschild, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Measure and Weight Book , Jäger, Frankfurt am Main 1830, p. 247

[1] FA Niemann : Complete handbook of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ... , Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 28.

[2] Georg K. Chelius, Johann F. Hauschild, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, Measure and Weight Book , Jäger, Frankfurt am Main 1830, p. 247