Room (unit)
The room , also known as the forties, was a piece and counting measure in the trade in furs and hides ( tobacco goods ).
The measure was used particularly in Germany and Denmark . The number varied depending on the type of fur. The measure had been known since the beginning of the 13th century and varied slightly according to country and amount. In France , 60 skins were occasionally expected per room. Here we described the measure just like in London with timbre .
The fourth part of the room, Decher also Dächer or Dicker, was also referred to as ten because of the number of pieces and was used for a ten unit beyond the tobacco shop. One hundred pieces, that is to say 10 dowels, was called the grand ten. In Fulda the Decher was called Dechent and five resulted in the larger measure of leather, a cushion. Snese was the Danish name.
- In general 1 room = 2 sneakers / risers / stairs = 4 roofs = 20 pairs
- 1 room fox bellows = 20 pieces
- 1 room sable = 40 pieces
See also
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, ( digitized ).
- Gottfried Christian Bohn, Christoph Daniel Ebeling , Peter Heinrich Christoph Brodhagen: Gottfried Christian Bohn's well-experienced businessman. , Carl Ernst Bohn, Hamburg 1789, ( digitized version )
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Beckmann: Contributions to the history of inventions. Volume 5, Verlag Paul Gotthelf Kummer, Leipzig 1800, p. 46.
- ↑ Georg Schuppener: Making things tangible: Language and cultural history of the measure terms in German. Universitätsverlag C. Winter, 2002, ISBN 978-3-82531-354-8 , p. 179.