Canna (unit)

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The Canna or Cana (German: stick, stick, reed, cane), Catalan also canya , Spanish caña , was a unit of measurement that was used at the time of the state formation of the Crown of Aragon in the area of ​​today's Italy , France , Spain and on the coast North Africa , especially the Moroccan , was used. The measure was about the fathom and was usually two cubits . The length of this double cell ranged from 1.58 meters to 2.92 meters. In Italy the mezza canna was half the measure, i.e. the simple cubit. As canna quadrata , the measure was a measure of area. The measure of wood, a unit of volume, was called canna da legna .

Length measure

France

Italy

In Italy the measure was length measure and field measure. A canna was divided into 10 palmi. One with only 8, 9 or 12 Palmi was also possible. The Canna was also referred to here as Canna mercantile as Handelselle or Canna architettonica for construction, corresponding to the application . The Canna d'Ara was the so-called Altarcanna and had, for example, only 9 Palmi d'Ara or sacri. One of these cannas was only 498.7 Paris lines, or 1.125 meters, in length.

  • 1 Canna mercantile / Handelselle = 8 Palmi mercantile = 24 Patti = 883.326 Paris lines = 1.9926 meters
  • 1 Canna architettonica / Bauelle = 10 Palmi architettonica = 120 Once = 600 Minuti = 1200 Decimi = 7 ½ Pedi = 989.393 Parisian lines = 2.2319 meters
  • 1 Canna d'ara / Altar-Canna 9 Palmi d'ara = 498.708 Parisian lines = 1 ⅛ meter
  • Genoa 1 canna = 10 palmi = 1107.5 Parisian lines = 2.50 meters
  • Cagliari ( Sardinia ) 1 Canna = 1043 ⅛ Paris Lines = 2.322 meters
  • Kirchenstaat Rome 1 = 887.25 Canna Paris lines = 2.00 meters (for dry goods)
  • Papal States of Rome 1 Canna = 990 Parisian lines = 2.234 meters (as structural dimensions)
  • Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Here the Canna Percha is called or ( rod ) and its use was as a measure of length in construction and as a measure of the field.

    • Florence and Pisa 1 Canna = 2.5 Passeti / Step = 5 Bracci = 60 Crazie = 100 Solsi = 300 Quartrini = 1200 Denari = 1293 3/5 Parisian Lines = 2.918 meters
    • Naples 1 Canna = 8 Palmi = 96 Once (for cut goods)
    • Naples 1 Canna = 8 Passi / step = 60 Palmi = 720 Once = 3600 = 935 1/14 Parisian lines = 2.109 meters (as building and field measurements)
  • Sicily
    • Messina 1 Canna = 8 Palmi = 936 4/5 Parisian Lines = 2.113 meters
    • Palermo 1 Canna = 864 Paris Lines = 1,942 meters
    • Valletta and Malta 1 Canna = 8 Palmi = 922.25 Paris lines = 2.08 meters

Spain

  • Mallorca 1 Canna = 8 Palmos = 760.3 Paris lines = 1.714 meters
  • Menorca 1 canna = 709 ⅔ Paris lines = 1,599 meters
  • Mahon 1 Canna = 8 Palmos = 760 3/5 Parisian Lines = 1.714 meters
  • Barcelona 1 Canna = 8 Palmos = 32 Quartos = 701 Paris Lines = 1,581 meters
  • Saragossa 1 canna = 918 3/5 Parisian lines = 2.043 meters
  • Tortosa 1 Canna = 705 3/5 Parisian lines = 1.70 meters

Morocco

Here the measure with the values ​​of Mallorca applied

  • 1 Canna = 8 Palmos = 760.3 Paris Lines = 1.714 meters

Area measure

Volume measure

The canna was an Italian measure of volume in the Kingdom of Naples as well as the so-called wood canna as a firewood measure under the name Canna da legna . The basic dimensions were 8 palmi high, 8 palmi wide and 4 palmi long.

application

Before the implementation of the International System of Units in 1875, these basic measure lengths Canna were used for the dimensioning of wood and building surfaces, room sizes and in trade as a measure of length with reeds, textiles and sugar cane.

literature

  • Association of scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of all trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 4, Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1850, pp. 195, 273, 489.
  • Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate ratios of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855.
  • Eduard Doering: Handbook of Coin Change, Measure and Weight or Explanation of the exchange, money and government paper exchange rate notes, the customs of exchange, measures and weights of all countries and trading venues, together with the general German exchange order. J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854.
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 33.
  • Pere Brunet Estarelles: Unidades de medida históricas , Grup Serra, distribuït pel Diari de Balears (p.).
  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 718.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, pp. 339, 349
  2. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin change, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, p. 339.
  3. ^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 236.