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Appendix CqINAGE: In seventeenth-century Vienn~l, the main unit of currency in general use was the Gulden or FI~)rin, a silver coin reckoned at onehalf a Reichsthaler. ! The Gulden was divided into 60 Kreuzer. Small denomination coins were minted at ~arious times in 1,3,5, 10, and 15 Kreuzer denominations. The Reichsthaler was, primarily a unit of account, though silver Thalers and even doublb Thalers were minted from time to time in the reign of Leopold Ii and the famous Maria Theresienthaler of the eighteenth cendJfY became and long remained an I international trade coin. UNITS ~)F MEASURE: LENGTH: This was generally measured in Fuss and Clafter (Klafter). Six feet equale~ one Clafter, or 1.89 meters. The Viennese foot, thus, measure9 31.5 centimeters. AREA: Urban real estate was measured in Clafter, which in Vienna was 3.595 square rheters. I VOLUME: Liquid volume for beer and wine was measured in Eimer at the wholesale le~el. The Austrian Eimer (of 4 Mass of 4 Seidel each) equaled 56.;59 liters. Firewood was measu:red in cubic Clafter which, depending on the local area, would ~e of either 90 or 108 cubic Fuss, or 2.84 or 3.41 cubic meters, r~spectively. This would be roughly equivalent to the American cord, which is 128 cubic feet. It would have been about the largest! practicable load to transport on a single wagon. 217 ...

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