Verge

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Verge (disambiguation) .

The Verge had different meanings as a measure. It was a measure of length and a measure of volume.

Length measure

It was a Belgian measure of length and was the same as the rod .

• 1 Verge = 20 feet (Antwerp) = 5.74 meters

The Antwerp foot was 11 inches long, which corresponds to a length of 0.2868 meters and 127.137 Paris lines .

Volume measure

The verge was also a measure of volume with different sizes at the places of application. The French measure for brandy was the one in Montpellier

• 1 barrel = 70 forg
• 1 Verge = 322 Parisian cubic inches = 6 7/16 liters

In Dutch, the measure Verje was written and was used as a measure of drinks.

• 1 Verje / Vergue = 6 Mingel = 12 pints = 366.75 Parisian cubic inches = 7 1/5 liters

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 361.
• Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 286.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 58.