Piece measure
A piece measure is a designation within the system of measurement that designates a certain number (at least 1) of a certain defined quantity of a good. A product determined with a piece size can be checked by counting the pieces and determining the correct size of the individual pieces. Therefore the term counting measure is also used.
Piece sizes are uncommon today, but were part of most local systems of measurement in the Middle Ages and into the 19th century. An example of this are the Speyer counting and piece measurements:
Speyrer dimensions
In the Middle Ages, larger cities had their own measuring systems that also included unit sizes for goods that were frequently traded locally. One example is the city of Speyer , which had piece dimensions for straw , hay , bundles of wood and herrings .
items |
Counting measure |
about |
Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
Straw measure | Evil, covenant or bond | 8,000 gram container | around 1802 |
hay | dare | about 18-25 quintals | from 1647 to 1737 |
Bundle wood | Bundle, bundle of waves, Reisach |
100 | |
Pegs | One hundred | 120 pieces | 3 litters of 40 pieces each = 120 pieces |
Pegs | role | 400 pieces | |
Compass pegs | ton | 850 to 900 pieces | |
Branding pegs | ton | 1,000 to 1,100 pieces | |
Pegs | Load | 12,000 pieces (approx.) | 12 tons of pegs |
http://www.digitalis.uni-koeln.de/Schnapperar/schnapperar_1_75-84.pdf
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- ^ Fritz Klotz: Speyer Small City History . District group Speyer of the Historical Association of the Palatinate, 1971, 4th exp. Edition, pages 67, 68
See also
- old counting measures
- General cargo is about different sized pieces of goods.