Brazzetto

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The brazzetto was a measure of length and was also known as Mailander Elle , Milanese braccia.

It was equivalent to ⅔ the Viennese yardstick or 0.595 meters. In the silk trade the Milan yardstick was also used by law . It was related to the Wiener Elle as 47 to 36 or very exactly as 411.552 to 311.00. This was a measure used by bricklayers and joiners / carpenters. It was a "foot measure". Brazzetto was particularly popular in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

  • 1 old Milan yard = 263.7328882984704 old Paris yard = 0.763520290832444 Vienna yard = 0.714200688651854 Bavarian yard
  • 1 brazzetto = 12 ounces = 144 points
  • 1 Brazzetto = 0.396 meter = 176 Parisian lines = 1 foot and 2 inches and ½ Vienna lines

The foot in Lugano deviated:

  • 1 Brazzetto = 12 ounces = 12 points = 0.5 meter = 221.648 Parisian lines = 1 2/5 new Swiss feet

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig von Simonyi: The Lombard-Venetian Kingdom. Volume 1, Verlag Joseph Redaelli, Milan 1844, p. 45.
  2. ^ Ludwig von Förster: Allgemeine Bauzeitung Wien. Verlag von L. Forster's artistic establishment, Vienna 1826, p. 277.
  3. ^ Johann Jacob Staffler: Tyrol and Vorarlberg: in 2 parts. Tyrol and Vorarlberg ..., Volume 1, Felician Rauch, Innsbruck 1839, p. 430.
  4. ^ Joseph Jäckel: Latest European coin, measure and weight: with relationship ..., Volume 2, Verlag Carl Gerold, Vienna 1828, p. 89.
  5. ^ Heinrich Koerner: Brief description of the earth of Switzerland for the use of the youth. Verlag Steinersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Winterthur 1817, p. 334.
  6. ↑ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 26.
  7. ↑ Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's General Pocket Book of Coin, Measure and Weight. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 293.