Tjäretönde

Tjäretönde , the tar barrel or Fisketönde (fish barrel), was a measure for liquids in Scandinavia . The measure for fish was also used. There was a difference between Denmark and Norway . In Denmark it was also used to measure tar , hence the name.

Norway: 1 Tjäretönde = 1/4 Pibe = 120 Potter (1 P. = 0.9651 liters) = 2 Kander = 4 Pägle = 115.834 liters
- 1 Pibe = 3 Aam (anchor) = 2 Oxehoveter / Oksehode ( Oxhoft ) about 465 Potter
- 1 Flask ( bottle ) = 3 Pägle (level) = Kr Potter (jug)
Denmark: 1 Tjäretönde = 5844 Parisian cubic inches = 115.93 liters or 115 14/15 liters

literature

Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon . Volume 19, Leipzig 1909, p. 605.

Individual evidence

↑ For silver: The universal calculator for business transactions: Contains the conversion of coins, weights, etc. Dimensions of all countries in the world. Volume 1, Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1870, pp. 84, 429.
^ Johann HD Bock: JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight for bankers and merchants. Sander'sche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1832, p. 244.

[1] For silver: The universal calculator for business transactions: Contains the conversion of coins, weights, etc. Dimensions of all countries in the world. Volume 1, Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1870, pp. 84, 429.

[2] Johann HD Bock: JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight for bankers and merchants. Sander'sche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1832, p. 244.