Zain (unit)
The Zain was a volume measure for lignite in the Duchy of Nassau and charcoal in the Siegerland and the neighboring Sauerland , sometimes also called Tain there.
Despite the law of December 12, 1851 on the introduction of the new system of measures and weights with effect from April 1, 1853, old measures were still in use. The measure could be divided into half and quarter inches.
- 1 zain = 30 cubic plant feet = 0.81 cubic meters
According to another source, it was only 20 cubic feet.
For the Siegerland, Irle gives as a measure of charcoal: "1 charcoal wagon = 1 large or 2 small load = 36 Zain = 2500–2600 pounds".
In Bavaria, by decree of the Royal Ministry of the Interior on March 7, 1846, the new Bavarian coal measure, the Münchner Kohlensack, was introduced and was already in effect retrospectively from March 1, 1846.
- 2 Zaine (baskets) = 32 cubic feet
The Zain was determined with the following internal dimensions and had to be shaken "properly" to fill in the empty spaces. Föhrenholz was prescribed for the measure.
- Length = 3 shoe 2 inches and 9 lines
- Width = 2 shoe 10 inches
- Height = 1 shoe 9 inches
literature
- Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange-government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Verlag von J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 478.
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, pp. 507, 508.
- ↑ Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's General Pocket Book of Coin, Measure and Weight. Sandersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 526.
- ↑ Trutzhart Irle: Value units of the older economy of the Siegerland. Siegen 1970, p. 7.
- ^ Intelligence Gazette of the Royal Government of Upper Bavaria, Upper Bavaria (Administrative Region) Munich 1846, p. 24.