Stables

Stalln , also Stahlen or Stalen , was a unit of mass and a measure of weight for pig iron in many German smelting works . The measure has been demonstrable since at least 1544.

Wittgenstein 1 stall = 160 pounds (Cologne. ≈ 468 grams)
Sayn 1 Stalln = 170 pounds (Cologne.)
Siegen 1 Stalln = 164 pounds (Cologne.) (Raw steel)
Siegen 1 Stalln = 170 pounds (Cologne.) (Pig iron)
Dillenburg , Löhnberg 1 stall = 160 pounds (Cologne.)
Ründeroth 1 stall = 165 1/3 pounds (Cologne.)
16 STALL = 1 cartload = 1 cart (pig iron)
8 stables = 1 cart

literature

Johann Georg Ludolph Blumhof: An attempt at an encyclopedia of iron and steel engineering and the arts and crafts that depend on it, or an alphabetical explanation of the work, terms and artificial words that occur in the melting, refining and processing of iron. Volume 4, Georg Friedrich Heyer, Gießen 1821, p. 247.

Individual evidence

^ Johann Philipp Becher: Mineralogical description of the Oranien-Nassauische Lande: together with a history of Siegen's smelting and hammering. Neue Akademische Buchhandlung, Marburg 1789, p. 520.

[1] Johann Philipp Becher: Mineralogical description of the Oranien-Nassauische Lande: together with a history of Siegen's smelting and hammering. Neue Akademische Buchhandlung, Marburg 1789, p. 520.