Carara (unit)

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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.

  • Cyprus 1 Carara / Cantaro = 400 pounds
  • Livorno 1 Carara / Cantaro = 150-160 pounds

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.