Bota (unit)

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The bota , or the both, was a Spanish measure of volume for liquids. The Castilian measure was also used in Menorca for wine , brandy and oil .

  • 1 Bota / Bota menor or small Bota = 4 Cargas = 16 Barillos = 22 Cuatillos = 30 Cantarns = 30 Arrobas = 5.034 hectoliters
  • Oil 1 bota = 43 arrobas

literature

  • Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 674
  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 334
  • 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. 217