Weight Dutch units of measurement

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scales @ town hall (and former weighhouse) in bolsward


pond





pond (pound) (amsterdam) – 494.09 g (1.0893 lb) (with variations, 500 g)


a pond divided sixteen ons. pond same size modern pound. around 480 grams, there variation region region. commonly used measure of weight amsterdam pound.






one amsterdam pound (scale weight) (amsterdams pond – waaggewicht) 494.09 grams,
one gorinchem pound (gorinchems pond) 466 grams,
one utrecht heavy pound (utrechts zwaar pond) 497.8 grams.






after metric system introduced in 1816, word pond continued used, 1 kilogram. doubling in size of pond in 1 fell swoop created deal of confusion. name kilogram adopted in 1869, pond eliminated formal unit of measurement in 1937. pond still used today in everyday parlance refer 500 g, not far historical weight. word pond used when referring pound used in english-speaking countries.

ons





ons, once (ounce) – 1/16 pond = 30.881 g (1.0893 oz) (with variations, 100 g)




an ons 1/16 of pond. ons around 30 grams, there variation. figures provided above weight of various pounds used in netherlands can divided 16 obtain weights of various ounces in use. after metric system introduced, word ons continued used, 100 g. ons eliminated formal unit of measurement in 1937, still used today in everyday parlance refer 100 g. in netherlands today word ons not commonly refer historical weight of around 30 g (the exact weight depending on were), 100 g.

last or scheepslast





scheepslast – 4,000 amsterdam pond = 1,976.4 kilograms (2.1786 short tons; 1.9452 long tons)


meaning literally load , last equivalent of 120 cubic feet (3.398 m) of shipping space. last in dutch east india company (voc) in 17th century same 1,250 kg, becoming later as 2,000 kg.


in dutch fishery, last measurement of fish loaded various types of fishing boat in use (e.g. bomschuit, buis, sloep or logger). last of these take 35 40 last of fish, exact amount depending on location. in south holland fishing villages of scheveningen , katwijk, amounted 17 crans (kantjes) of herring; in vlaardingen 14 packed tons. cran (kantje) held 900 1,000 herring. in flanders last 1,000 kg of herring. term fell out of use when herring fishery disappeared.

apothecaries system



in netherlands (as in english-speaking countries) there apothecaries system of weights.








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