Caraffa (unit)
The caraffa was at the same time a Turkish oil measure and weight in Tunis and a measure of volume in Italy .
Tunis
- Volume measure
- 1 caraffa = 90.1625 Parisian cubic inches = 1.7885 liters
- Mass unit
- 1 caraffa = 1.526 kilograms
- 1 Caraffa = 3 ⅛ Rottel
Italy
The Sicilian and Neapolitan caraffa, which were 1 to 0.59116 in relation to the liquid, were available here.
- 40 caraffa = 1 quartaro = 866.744 Parisian cubic inches = 17.193 liters
- Naples 1 caraffa ( wine or brandy ) = 36.65 Parisian cubic inches about 72.7027 centiliters
- Naples 60 caraffa = 1 barillo
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 468.
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 791.
- ^ Jacob Heussi: Textbook of arithmetic for schools, high schools and self-teaching. Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1832, part 1, p. 13.