!!!Eimer

Eimer (pail), a vessel with a handle. Until the 19%%sup th/%  century 
leather pails or buckets were used as fire buckets. In Austria, a pail 
- Eimer - as a measure of capacity contained 56.6 (also 58 or 60.1) 
litres; it was used as a standard measure for wine. In the 
16%%sup th/%  century, one Eimer of wine contained 32 achterings, an 
achtering being approximately 1/8 litre (later it contained 35 or 38 
achterings).


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