Chilo

Chilo , also called kilo , was originally a Turkish volume and grain measure on the island of Cerigo in the Ionian Islands and corresponded to 35.266 to 37.12 liters

• 1 chilo = 8 gallons = 64 dicotili
• 1 chilo = 1776.4 Parisian cubic inches = 35.237 liters (= 36.3476 liters)

It was also a volume measure for grain in Romania . Different names existed: Chila, Kilo, Kila Kile.

• Wallachia : 1 chilo = 8 banniza = 3.9 hectoliters
• Moldovan and Galician areas : 1 Chilo = 2 Merza = 20 Banniza = 4.2 hectoliters
• Jassy  : 1 chilo = 22 banniza = 4.6 hectoliters

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexander Lachmann: Latest illustrated coin, measure and weight. Moritz Schäfer Verlag, Leipzig 1867, Volume 2, p. 375
2. ^ Oskar Mothes : Illustrated building lexicon. Issue 15, Otto Spamer, Leipzig 1864, p. 500
3. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 377
4. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 59
5. ↑ Brockhaus Encyclopedia in twenty volumes. FA Brockhaus Wiesbaden (Firm), 1967, p. 758.