Chila (unit)

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Chila was a Romanian volume measure for liquids in the Principality of Moldova and for grain in Wallachia . It could fluctuate between 4 and 7 hectoliters . Other dimensions were chilo, kila and kilo.

  • Moldova 1 Chila / Kilo / Kila = 2 Merte / Merza / Mierza = 20 Dimirilii / Dimerli / Bannize = 240 Ocale = 960 Littre = 1,920 Cinzeci = 435.1 liters
  • Wallachia 1 Chila = 10 Banite mari = 20 Banite mici = 400 Ocale = 1,600 Littre = 3,200 Cinzeci = 679.26 liters
  • Grain measure 1 Merza = 1/2 Chila = 217.55 liters

literature

  • Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim et al. 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 53.
  • Günter Scholz, Klaus Vogelsang: Units, symbols, quantities. Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 978-3-34300-500-0 , pp. 66, 184.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austria: newspaper for trade and commerce, public buildings and means of transport. Volume 2. Supplement to No. 225, 1854.
  2. ↑ Jurende's Moravian Pilgrim. Volume 10, Verlag LC Zamarski, Vienna 1856, p. 249.