Brazetto

The brazetto had two different meanings as a measure of length.

1st variant

Brazetto was a measure of length in the Swiss canton of Ticino . It corresponded to the foot .

• 1 Brazetto = 12 ounces = 144 points
• 1 Brazetto = 176 Paris lines = 0.397 meters

2nd variant

Brazetto was also in the meaning of Braça (Portuguese, Spanish Braza, Italian Braccio, German Bratze from Latin Brachium [the arm]), a measure of length in southern Europe and South America.

• Lisbon 1 Braça = 972.7 Parisian lines = 2194 millimeters
• Brazil 1 Braça = 936.7 Paris lines
• Spain 1 Braça = 750.18 Paris lines
• Italy 1 Braça mostly entirely our yardstick;
• in the Ionian Islands
  • 1 large braça. = 306.1 Paris lines
  • 1 small Braça = 285.7 Parisian lines
• Basel 1 Braça or small cubit = 241.2 Parisian lines
• Ticino 1 Braça = 267.20 Paris lines
• Bolzano 1 Braça = 243.7 Parisian lines = 549.7 millimeters

literature

• Pierer's Universal-Lexikon , Volume 3. Altenburg 1857, p. 163.
• Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for businessmen in general: or, Complete dictionary. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1838, p. 537
• Pierer's Universal-Lexikon, Volume 3. Altenburg 1857, p. 252