Cadus
The cadus was an ancient measure for the volume of liquids among the Romans, but must be added to the Greek system of measurement. Derived from the smaller earthen vessels, also known as cadus, a distinction was made between cadus, the jug, and the amphora . Both were the measuring vessels for wine .
- 1 Cadus = 43 1/5 Dresden jugs .
The dimensional chain was
- 1 Cadus = 3 Uruas = 12 Congios = 72 Sextarius = 144 Heminae = 288 Quartariae = 576 Acetabulae à 1½ Cyathi.
- 3 Cadus corresponded to about 100 Berliner Maß, according to another source 33, i.e. one liter less.
A barrel had 20 cadus, or 520.8065 liters. That corresponds to 26 liters per cadus.
literature
- Gustav Adolph Jahn: Dictionary of applied mathematics: a manual for use. Volume 1, Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 223
Individual evidence
- ↑ JFC Hessel: The wine refinement methods of antiquity, compared with those of today. Johann August Koch, Marburg 1856, p. 54
- ↑ a b Oscar Mothes: Illustrated Building Lexicon. Issue 15, Verlag Otto Spamer, Leipzig 1866, p. 514
- ^ Association of scholars: General German conversation lexicon for the educated of every class. Volume 2, Gebrüder Reichenbach, Leipzig 1840, p. 507