Bozza (unit)

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The Bozza was an Italian measure of volume and was used as a Venetian wine measure .

  • 1 Bozza = 2 ⅔ Bocali = 4 Quartarri = 166 Parisian cubic inches = 3 3/10 liters
  • 4 bozzias = 1 Sechio
  • 24 bozzas = 1 mastello
  • 48 bozzias = 1 biconzia
  • 192 bozzias = 1 amphora

literature

  • Association of practical merchants, the latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers: Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 250
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 25
  • Isaac Smith Homans (Jr.): A cyclopedia of commerce and commercial navigation, with maps and engravings ..., Harper and brother publishers, New York 1859, p. 1947