Carara (unit)
Carara was an Italian measure of weight. It was valid in Livorno and was used for sea fish and wool . The measure is closely related to the Cantaro measure , which was considered a hundredweight , other sources equate both measures.
literature
- Johann Georg Krünitz, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Friedrich Jakob Floerke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth: Economic Encyclopedia or General System of the Land, House and State Economy: in alphabetical order. Volume 7, Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1776, p. 647.
- Smaller conversation lexicon: or, auxiliary dictionary. Volume 1, Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüng, Leipzig 1813, p. 88.