Tub (unit)

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The tub was an old measure of volume in the Kingdom of Württemberg . It was considered a measure of hay.

Its dimensions were a cube of 8 feet each  in its dimensions and had been established by law in 1806. Under this condition, 1 tub = 512  cubic feet (Württemberg) = 1100 pounds.

There were half tubs (256 cubic feet) and quarter tubs (128 cubic feet). Accordingly, the cube was only four or two feet high (while maintaining the base area).

  • 1 tub of hay = 12.039257 cubic meters

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world . Published by Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 371
  • Royal Württemb. Central office for trade and commerce (ed.): The dimensions and weights of Württemberg versus the metrics of the German Empire . Publishing house of JB Metzler'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1871.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coins, bills, weights and measures customer ... . Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 461
  2. ↑ The measurements and weights of Württemberg versus the metrics of the German Empire.