Dutch units of measurement
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The Dutch system was not standardised until Napoleon introduced the metric system. Different towns used measures with the same names but differing sizes.
Some common measures:
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[edit] Weight
- ons, once – 1/16 pond = 30.881 g (1.0893 oz) (there was much variation, today 1 ons = 100 grams)
- pond (Amsterdam) – 494.09 grams (1.0893 lbs) (other ponds were also in use, today 1 pond = 500 grams)
- scheepslast – 4000 Amsterdam pond = 1976.4 kg (2.1786 short tons)
[edit] Length
- akker – 7 m
- duim – 2.54 cm
- kleine palm – 3 cm
- grote palm – 9.6 cm, after 1820, 10 cm
- voet – 12 duim = abt. 29.45 cm, many local variations
- el – about 700 mm with local variations
[edit] Volume
- okshoofd – 6 Ankers = 232 l
- aam – 4 ankers = 155 l
- anker – approximately 38.75 l
- stoop – 1/16 anker
- mingel – 1/2 stoop
- pint – 0.568 l
