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Die Tun , also Weys, was an English measure of volume and a commercial weight. The measure was suitable for grain , salt and liquids such as oil, wine , beer and brandy .

Bulk material

The dimensional chain was that two tuns gave a load or load

  • 1 Tun = 5 Quarter = 10 Combs = 20 Strickes = 40 Bushels = 160 Pecks = 320 Gallons = 640 Pottles = 1280 Quarts = 2560 Pints

In the distinction between the Imperial Standard Quarter, Winchester Quarter and Scottish Quarter, the liter quantities were different.

  • 1 tun = 73,271 Parisian cubic inches = 1453 liters (Imperial-Standard-Quarter)
  • 1 tun = 71,030 Parisian cubic inches = 1408 liters (Winchester Quarter)
  • 1 tun = 72,040 Parisian cubic inches = 1,427.5 liters (Scottish Quarter)

liquids

The dimensional chain for wine and brandy was

  • 1 Tun = 2 Pipes = 3 Ponchions = 4 Hogsheads / Oxhoft = 6 Tierces = 8 Barrels = 14 Kilderkins = 252 Gallons = 504 Pottles = 1008 Quarts = 2016 Pints
  • 1 do = 57,700 Parisian cubic inches = 1143 liters
  • Ale and porter

The dimensional chain was

  • 1 Tun = 2 Pipes = 4 Hogsheads = 6 Barrels = 12 Kilderkins = 24 Firkins = 216 Gallons = 462 Pottles = 864 Quarts = 1728 pints
  • 1 tun = 49,458 Parisian cubic inches = 981 liters

Oil measure

There were two different systems of measurement here. Types of oil such as hemp , rapeseed , linseed and oil of oil were measured after adding wine and brandy (see above). For other oils, the tun was set at 236 gallons.

  • 1 tun = 24,037 Paris cubic inches = 1072 liters

Commercial weight

The commercial weight was assuming 1 pound (Avoirdupois pound) = 453.59 grams

  • 1 tun = 20 hundredweight = 80 quarters = 2240 pounds = 1015750 grams

In the lead trade , the term fudder was used instead of doing .

See also

literature

  • Georg Thomas Flügel: Course list continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Publisher LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 168.
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 356
  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, pp. 408, 551.