Buzzard (unit)

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The buzzard or the buses was one of the nine regionally used barrel types in France. Its volume corresponded roughly to that of the barrique . It was used in Anjou , Mayenne , Sarthe and Poitou for the storage of eau de vie and wine .

The volume of a buzzard fluctuated. 1 buzzard corresponded to:

  • 32 to 35 Velte so about 243 to 266  l in Anjou (1840)
  • 30.5 Velte in Saumur which corresponds to 232.09 l (1840)

The work Nouveau manuel complet du tonnelier et du jaugeage, contenant la fabrication des tonneaux from 1875, however, differentiates between buzzards and buses according to size and indicates the size of the buzzard as 350 l, while the buses of Cognac and Saumur are significantly smaller (210 and 232 l ). There the Anjou buzzard is given as 251 l but is referred to as buses.

1 buzzard also corresponded to 216 Parisian pints (1809).

The volume of the buzzard was half the pipe and in Orleans , Blois and Dijon it was about half a cue , that was ¾ of the muids .

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 30, 251.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b François Rozier, Parmentier, Institut de France: Nouveau cours complet d'agriculture théorique et pratique, contenant la grande et la petite culture, l'économie rurale et domestique, la médecine vétérinaire etc. ou Dictionnaire raisonné et universel d'agriculture . Deterville, Paris 1809, p. 582 (French, online ).
  2. ↑ a b Horace Doursther: Dictionnaire universel des poids et mesures anciens et modern: contenant des tables des monnaies de tous les pays . M. Hayez, imprimeur de l'Âcadémie royale, Brussels 1840, p. 49 f., 75 (French, online ).
  3. ↑ Louis Capello: Dictionnaire portatif piémontais-français suivi d'un vocabulaire français des termes usités dans les arts et métiers, par ordre alphabétique et de matières, avec leur explication . tape 2 . Impr. De V. Bianco, Turin 1814, p. 171 (French, online ).
  4. ↑ Paulin-Désormeaux, H. Ott: Nouveau manuel complet du tonnelier et du jaugeage, contenant la fabrication des tonneaux, ... des cuves, des foudres, des barils, des seaux ... suivi du jaugeage de tous les fûts . MW Maigne, Paris 1875, p. 161–163 (French, online [PDF]). online ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.amicale-vauvenargues.net
  5. ^ Jean-Paul Lacroix: Bois de Tonnellerie . Le Gerfaut, 2006, ISBN 2-914644-85-X , p. 69 (French, online ).
  6. ↑ Ludwig Julius Friedrich Höpfner: German Encyclopedia or General Real Dictionary of All Arts and Sciences. Volume 4, Varrentrapp Sohn and Wenner, Frankfurt am Main 1780, p. 678.