Canada (unit)

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The Canada or Medida , also Cahada , Canhado , was a Portuguese liquid measure . It was true in Portugal , Galicia and Brazil . The liquid measure, which was the same in Galicia, had nothing in common with the Portuguese.

Brazil

  • generally 1 Canada = 4 Quartilhos / Quartillo = 2.66204 Liters

Rio de Janeiro

  • 1 Canada / Medida = 4 Quartilhos = 3.02817 liters
  • 180 Medida = 545 liters
  • 1 pipe ( port wine ) = 190 medida

Proof of Rio de Janeiro

Bahia

  • 1 Canada = 7.2 liters
  • 1 pipe syrup = 100 canadas
  • 1 pipe rum = 72 canadas

Proof of Bahia

Pernambuco

Proof of Pernambuco

Portugal

In 1835 a Portuguese government commission was supposed to standardize the measurements, but nothing was known about a success.

  • 1 Canada = 70.33 Parisian cubic inches = 1.3945 liters
  • 1000 Canadas = 30.7 gallons (Imperial)
  • 2 Meios = ½ Canada
  • 1 Almuda / Amalde = 12 Canadas
  • 1 pipe rum = 60 to 75 canadas
  • 5.25 Canadas (Lisbon) = 7.28 liters

Proportions

Ratios were 1 Canada (Bahia) = 5 1/6 Canadas ( Lisbon )

Galicia

In Galicia the Canada was also a liquid measure, but had nothing in common with the Portuguese.

  • 1 Canada = ¼ Müdd / Moyo = 4 Ollas = 68 Azumbres = 192 Cuartillos = 159.761 liters
  • 1 cuartillo = 29.054 Parisian cubic inches = 0.576327 liters

literature

  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. J. Hölscher publishing house, Koblenz 1862.
  • Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 52.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 33.
  2. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 264.
  3. ↑ August Schiebe : Universal encyclopedia of commercial sciences, containing: coin, measure and weight, bills of exchange, government paper, banking and stock exchange; the most important of higher arithmetic […]. Volume 3, Friedrich Fleischer and the Schumann brothers, Leipzig / Zwickau 1839, p. 69.
  4. ↑ a b Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 264.
  5. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios…. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 511.
  6. ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios…. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 78.
  7. ^ Karl Rumler: Overview of the measures, weights and currencies of the most excellent states. Verlag Jasper, Hügel and Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 78.