Tub (unit)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Tub (Több, Kruh, Cruh, Crue, Cure) was a volume measure in trade with England . It was in use in various regions of Africa and Asia under English rule. As a measure of liquid, for example in Calabar (city), reserved for palm oil and as a measure of salt in pounds.

  • Palm oil 1 tub = 10 gallons (old English) = 37.852 liters
  • Salt measure 1 tub = 36 pounds (old English avoirdupois)
  • Guinea oil measure: 1 kruh = 44.05 liters

The tub in Sumatra , the Butte, had these relationships:

    • 1 tub = 17.4402 gallons (old English) = 66.0199 liters
    • 80 Tubs = 1 Coyang = 800 Sukats = 9600 Pakkhas = 52.816 hectoliters

literature

  • Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, pp. 283, 301.
  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 314.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fr. Silber: The universal calculator for business dealings. Volume 1, Verlag Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1870, p. 193.