Barrique (unit)

The barrique , also Bordelaise , was a French liquid measure and corresponded to the Oxhoft . The abbreviation of the volume measure has recently been bque . It was also a mass unit.

volume

A different number of Velte / Velt (between 27 and 32) were calculated on a barrique based on practice. The amount also fluctuated around 7.6  liters . In Bordeaux , however, in practice the limit of 225 liters per barrique was observed.

The measure continued to apply in the trade for wine and spirits and was a concession to the introduced metric measures.

• general
  • 1 barrique = 32 veltes = 11,497 Parisian cubic inches = 228 liters

In the dimensional chain from Tonneau , the barrel, downwards:

• In Bordeaux
  • 1 tonneau = 2 pipes = 4 barriques = 6 tiercons = 120 veltes = 480 pots = 228 liters
  • 1 quarter = 7.61 liters
• In La Rochelle
  • 1 barrique = 27 veltes
  • 1 Velte Cognac = 330 Parisian cubic inches = 6 9/16 liters
  • 1 velte of wine = 325 Parisian cubic inches = 6 4/9 liters
• In Nantes
  • 1 barrique = 9859.5 Parisian cubic inches = 195.58 liters, later = 231 liters
• In Bayonne
  • 1 barrique = 40 veltes = 246.72 liters
• In the French territories, such as Guadeloupe , Martinique and St. Martin was
  • 1 barrique = 100 pots = 186.26355 liters

Mass unit

The unit of mass for wine and sugar was calculated

• 1 barrique = 1000 pounds (old market weight ) = 489.5 kilograms

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Günter Scholz, Klaus Vogelsang: Units, symbols, sizes. Fachbuchverlag, 1991, p. 47, ISBN 3-343-00500-2 .
2. ↑ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world…. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 16.
3. ↑ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and the bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 74.
4. ↑ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world…. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 361.
5. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios…. Volume 1, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 702-
6. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 29.
7. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 257.
8. ↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old dimensions, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim et al. 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 32.