Boisseau (unit)

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The boisseau was a French grain measure and was also used as a measure of salt and for other dry goods. A boisseau, roughly equivalent to the bushel , could be divided into half, quarter and eighth and litron / muzzle. The double boisseau was also in use.

A distinction was made between the old and the new Boisseau:

  • old 1 Boisseau = 655 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 13 liters
    • 1 minot = 3 boisseaux
    • 1 mine = 6 Boisseau
    • 1 setier = 12 boisseau
    • 1 muid / tonneau = 144 Boisseau
    • 1 Boisseau = 655.78 Parisian cubic inches (old) = 13.0083 liters (also possible: 15 liters or a Baden sester )
  • new 1 Boisseau = 630 3/20 Parisian cubic inches = 12.5 liters
    For retail and retail:
    • 1 double boisseau = 25 liters = ¼ hectoliters = 1260 Parisian cubic inches (old)
    • 1 Boisseau = 12.5 liters = ⅓ hectoliters = 630 Parisian cubic inches (old) corresponds to 0.9606 old Boisseau
    • ½ Boisseau = 6.25 liters = 1/16 hectoliters = 315 Parisian cubic inches (old)
    • ¼ Boisseau = 3 ⅛ liters = 1/32 hectoliters = 157.5 Parisian cubic inches (old)
    • ⅛ Boisseau = 1 9/16 liters = 1/64 hectoliters = 79 Parisian cubic inches (old)

Useful examples:

  • 1 Boisseau oat = 63.6468 liters
  • 1 Boisseau salt = 56.8848 liters
  • 1 boisseau wheat = 20 pounds
  • 1 boisseau rye = 19 pounds

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 24.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade science for merchants and manufacturers: Volume 2. Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 541.
  2. ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and weight book. Jäger'schen book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main 1830, p. 157.
  3. ^ Samuel Ricard, Thomas Heinrich Gadebusch: Handbook of the merchants: or general overview and description. Volume 2, Verlag Anton Ferdinand Röse, Greifswald 1784, p. 241.