tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post9086808483787928252..comments2024-03-17T18:35:35.701+00:00Comments on I might have a glass of beer: Whine timeRob Sterowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-88860914425140958622011-01-26T11:47:06.761+00:002011-01-26T11:47:06.761+00:00There were no standard measures. Every German stat...There were no standard measures. Every German state had at least one system of measures. Sometimes several. It's a nightmare.<br /><br />But, there's a handy book to guide you:<br /><br />http://books.google.nl/books?id=DAgKAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=compedium+der+m%C3%BCnz-,+maass-,+gewichts-+und+wechselcours-verh%C3%A4ltnisse%22&source=bl&ots=pqiqRTORac&sig=WEE6D-9pdiu89E7tJ9mVwfYX2-k&hl=en&ei=jwhATYP1BsycgQfntOzxAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false<br /><br />"Compedium der Münz-, Maass-, Gewichts- und Wechselcours-Verhältnisse" by Gustav Wagner and Fr. A. Strackjerjan, published in 1855. <br /><br />It covers the whole world. I've found it invaluable. Just yesterday I used it to find the value of an East India Company rupee (2 shillings, as a matter off fact).Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-76604044604004679422011-01-22T16:53:29.315+00:002011-01-22T16:53:29.315+00:00Flanian Pobble Beads are only exchangeable for oth...Flanian Pobble Beads are only exchangeable for other Flanian Pobble Beads …Barmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-90672079363462752732011-01-20T10:23:05.264+00:002011-01-20T10:23:05.264+00:00They sound like Marx Brothers characters. How many...They sound like Marx Brothers characters. How many <i>rittenhouse</i> in a <i>hackenbush</i>?The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-37456942163952228752011-01-20T09:54:25.112+00:002011-01-20T09:54:25.112+00:00This might help:
http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete...This might help:<br />http://www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de/deutsches_mass_und_gewicht.htm<br /><br />Looks like a Scheffel is 50 litres, unless you're Prussian, in which case it's 54.961 litres.Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-40261491782634106112011-01-20T04:21:04.084+00:002011-01-20T04:21:04.084+00:00if a train leaves Melbourne at 5pm travelling at 1...if a train leaves Melbourne at 5pm travelling at 145kmph and another train leaves Sydney....Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17837701001184229548noreply@blogger.com