Stone (unit)

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Stone was a unit of mass (measure of weight) and was used as a commercial weight in various regions of Europe , such as the Netherlands (Steen), Germany , especially Northern Germany, Poland ( Kamień ), England ( Stone ) and Sweden . The measure, known as early as the 17th century, was quite different and dependent on the quantity. In Braunschweig a distinction was made between light and heavy stone and in Königsberg between small and large stone. There was also a difference between the size of large or heavy stone and Kramer weight . If flax and wool were weighed, you had two different stones that were only half as heavy for wool. The stone measure was very popular in the textile industry.

Examples
  • Amsterdam 1 stone = 8 pounds (old) = 3952 grams
  • Antwerp 1 stone = 8 pounds (Brabanter) = 3763 ¾ grams
  • Braunschweig 1 heavy stone = 22 4/5 pounds = 10656 ¾ grams
  • Braunschweig 1 light stone = 11 2/5 pounds = 5328 1/3 grams
  • Bremen 1 stone flax = 20 pounds = 9971 4/5 grams
  • Bremen 1 stone wool = 10 pounds = 4986 grams
  • Königsberg 1 large stone = 33 pounds (berlin.) = 15428 grams
  • Königsberg 1 small stone = 20 pounds (berlin.) = 9350 grams
  • Netherlands 1 Steen = 3 Pond = 1.493 kilograms (before the introduction of the metric system)
  • Netherlands 1 steen = 3 pond = 3 kilograms (after the introduction of the metric system)
  • Stockholm 1 stone wool = 32 pounds (Viktualien) = 13556 grams
  • England 1 stone = 3629 grams ( meat / fish )
  • England 1 stone = 2268 grams (glass trade)
  • England 1 stone = ½ death = 6326 grams (wool trade)

literature

  • August Daniel Binzer, Heinrich August Pierer: Encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades . Literatur-Kontor, Volume 16, Altenburg 1831, p. 465.
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag von Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 323, 327.
  • Johann Georg Schoapp: European weight comparisons . Johann Georg Schoapp, Nuremberg 1722.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old dimensions, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 298.