Stoop (unit)

The stoop , also called stoove or little room , was a measure of volume in the Netherlands and Sweden . The amount varied from region to region. Stübchen as the first name was a different volume measure.

The dimensional chain for liquids ( wine measure ) was

1 Fuder = 2 Pipen = 4 Oxhoft = 6 Ohm / Barrel = 12 Buckets = 24 Anchors = 360 Jugs = 720 Stoop = 2880 Quartier = 11520 Jungfrur

Netherlands

liquid measure

Amsterdam 1 stoop = 2 Mingel = 4 pints = 120 Parisian cubic inches = 2 1/3 liters
Antwerp 1 stoop = 160 Parisian cubic inches = 3 1/6 liters = 3.17 liters
Rotterdam 1 stoop = 129 Paris cubic inches = 2 5/9 liters = 2.4 liters ( wine , brandy )
Rotterdam 1 stoop = 5 pounds (light) = 2343 ¾ grams ( oil )
- 340 stoop = 1 ton (oil)

Sweden

liquid measure

1 stoop = 2 quarters = 8 virgins = 66 Parisian cubic inches = 1.3 liters
2 stoops = 1 pot
30 stoop = 1 anchor
60 stoop = 1 bucket
120 stoop = 1 ohm
180 Stoop = 1 Oxhoft
360 stoop = 1 pipe
720 stoop = 1 load
1 ton of flour and fish = 96 stoop
1 ton of tar and pitch = 95 stoop

Grain measure

The dimensional chain for dry goods ( grain measure ) was

1 ton = 2 spans = 4 half spans = 8 quarter spans = 32 kappar = 56 jugs = 112 stoop = 448 quarters = 1792 place = 7386 Parisian cubic inches = 146 3/8 liters
1 stoop = 4 quarters = 16 places = 66 Parisian cubic inches = 1.3 liters
2 stoops = 1 pot
3 ½ stoop = 1 cap
14 stoop = 1 quarter
28 stoop = 1 half span
56 Stoop = 1 clamping
112 stoop = 1 ton

literature

Jakob Christoph Peter: Complete theoretical and practical instructions for action science. Volume 1, Wiese, Heidelberg 1789, p. 446.
Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight, the exchange, money and fund rates etc. together with an alphabetical list of the action companies. Georg Reimer, Berlin 1858, p. 31.
Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 329.

Individual evidence

↑ Jakob Christoph Peter: Complete theoretical and practical instructions for action science . Volume 1, Wiese, Heidelberg 1789, p. 446
^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 349

[1] Jakob Christoph Peter: Complete theoretical and practical instructions for action science . Volume 1, Wiese, Heidelberg 1789, p. 446

[2] Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 349