Cavezzo (unit)

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The cavezzo was an old Italian measure of length. The measure was used in regions under Austrian influence ( Gumbernienen ), such as Milan and Venice . The cavezzo was fathom and it was 6 piedi or feet tall. It was only the different foot sizes that made it different from region to region. It was later replaced by the Metro and Venetian foot dimensions .

Florence

Mantua

  • 1 cavezzo = 6 Bracci / cubits = 1712 2/5 Parisian lines = 4.11 meters
  • 1 cavezzo = 6 piede = 6 times 0.4669 meters (2.8014 meters)

Modena

  • 1 cavezzo = 6 feet = 3.1383 meters
  • 1 cavezzo = 6 piede / foot = 6 times 0.523 meters (3.138 meters)

Padua

  • 1 cavezzo = 6 feet = 1139 2/5 Parisian lines = 2.571 meters
  • 1 cavezzo = 6 feet / foot = 6 times 0.3574 meters (2.1444 meters)

Piazenca

  • 1 cavezzo = 6 feet = 1249 4/5 Parisian lines = 2.82 meters (2.8193)

Verona

  • 1 cavezzo = 6 feet = 924 Paris lines = 2.085 meters
  • 1 Cavezzo = 6 feet / foot = 6 times 0.243 meter (2.0574 meter)
  • 1 cavezzo = 6 feet = 2.0645 meters

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 41.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 338.
  2. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 347.
  3. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 373.
  4. Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Verlag Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 129.
  5. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 479.