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Zaspel , also number , is an old unit of measurement for yarn . It can be either a dependent part of a strand or a complete strand.

When the yarn was wound onto a counting reel , also known as a weife, a regionally different number of so-called threads were tied or tied into a bundle one after the other (hence the name “bundle”). A certain number of bundles ultimately formed the finished strand of yarn. One thread was measured by one full turn of a reel. The thread length was therefore dependent on the circumference of the reel, which in turn was also determined by the material of the yarn to be measured, such as silk , cotton , linen , wool .

Prussian Silesia and Breslau

  • 1 thread of linen yarn = 4 Silesian yards = 3.944 Hanoverian yards
  • 1 bundle = 20 threads
  • 1 zaspel = 20 bundles
  • 1 strand = 3 braids = 60 bundles = 1200 threads
  • 1 piece = 4 strands = 4800 threads = 18,931 Hanoverian cubits
  • 1 shock = 60 pieces = 240 strands

Bohemia, Moravia and Austrian Silesia

  • 1 thread of fine linen yarn = 3 Bohemian yards = 2.288 Vienna yards = 790 Parisian lines = 1.682 meters
  • 1 thread of coarse yarn = 4 yards (Bohemian) = 3.05 Viennese yards = 1053 Parisian lines = 2.376 meters
  • 1 bundle = 20 threads
  • 1 zaspel = 20 bundles
  • 1 strand = 3 braids = 60 bundles = 1200 threads
  • 1 piece = 4 strand
  • 1 almond = 6 strands
  • 1 shock = 24 strands

Often the rope is fraudulently made from only 59 bundles, each of which consists of only 19 threads; the thread is often only 3.5 cubits long.

In several places you reel with three-ellbow thread as follows:

  • 1 bundle = 20 threads
  • 1 strand = 40 containers
  • 1 piece = 6 strand
  • 1 almond = 15 pieces
  • 1 shock yarn = 4 almonds = 60 pieces

The following applies to Zwirn :

  • 1 strand = 60 bundles = 1200 threads of two-wire yarn (coarse country twine)
  • 1 strand = 720 threads of three-wire yarn (coarse country twine)
  • 1 strand = 540 strands of four-wire yarn (coarse country twine)

and

  • 1 strand = 2400 threads two-wire yarn (fine princely twine)
  • 1 strand = 1440 threads of three-wire yarn (fine prince's twine)
  • 1 strand = 1080 thread four-wire yarn (fine princely twine)

Kingdom of Saxony, Dresden, Leipzig

King Friedrich August II. Issued a mandate in 1834 to standardize yarn sizes.

  • 1 thread of linen yarn = 4 Leipzig yards
  • 1 bundle = 20 threads
  • 1 strand = 2 braids = 40 bundles = 800 threads
  • 1 piece of yarn = 6 strands = 12 braids = 240 bundles = 4800 threads = 19200 cubits
  • 1 thread of wool and cotton yarn = 4 Leipzig yards
  • 1 bundle = 20 threads
  • 1 strand = 3 braids = 60 bundles = 1200 threads
  • 1 piece of yarn = 4 strand

Grand Duchy of Hesse

  • 1 thread = 3 hessian cubits = 72 inches = 1.8 meters, but sometimes 88, 90, 96, 97, 108 or 120 inches
  • 1 bundle = 60 threads (also possible 26, 52 or 120 threads)
  • 1 loop or number (strand) = 20 bundles (also possible 10 bundles) = 1200 threads

Fulda

  • 1 weiffaden = 5 ½ cubits
  • 1 bundle = 26 threads
  • 1 zaspel = 20 bundles = 2860 cubits = 4863 Parisian feet

or

  • 1 white (thread) linen yarn = 5 ¼ cubits (Fulda) = 1065 4/5 Parisian lines = 2.4 meters
  • 1 bundle = 26 threads
  • 1 braid = 500 threads

Other designations of the dimensions for strands of yarn

See also

literature

  • Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth . Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 161
  • August Friedrich Christian Vilmar: Idiotikon of Kurhessen . Verlag NG Elwert, 1868, p. 462
  • Johann Christoph Adelung , Friedrich Karl Fulda: Attempt of a complete grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect. Verlag Breitkopf und Sohn, 1786, p. 337 (on the term)
  • Karl Karmarsch : Handbook of Mechanical Technology, Volume 2 . Verlag Helwing, 1858. pp. 1163-1165
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world [...]. Verlag G. Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, pp. 332–333

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ August Schiebe: Universal encyclopedia of commercial sciences, containing: coin, measure and weight, bills of exchange, government paper, banking and stock exchange; the most important of higher arithmetic, […], commercial law […]. Volume 1. Verlag Fleischer 1837, p. 518.
  2. ↑ Carl LW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German Customs Association States and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relations. Verlag Cotta, 1838, p. 88.
  3. ↑ Allgemeine Handlungs-Zeitung: With the latest inventions and improvements in the factory and in the city and agriculture, Volume 20 . 1813, p. 182
  4. ↑ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world…. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 87