Copello (unit)

The copello was a measure of volume and was used as a measure of grain in Turin and Sardinian cities . It also found its way into the trade in Alessandria .

The dimensional chain was

1 Sacco = 3 Staja = 6 Mina = 12 Quarter = 48 Copello = 960 Cucchiaro
1 copello = 120 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 2 2/5 liters
1 Mina = 8 Copelli
1 copello = 20 cucchiaro
1 Staja = 16 Copelli
1 Sacco = 48 Copelli

Individual evidence

↑ Isaac Smith Homans (Jr.): A cyclopedia of commerce and commercial navigation, with maps and engravings. Harper & Brothers, New York 1859, p. 1950
^ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 49
^ Ezra S. Winslow: The computist's manual of facts, and merchant's and mechanic's calculator and guide. published by the author, Boston 1855, p. 48

[1] Isaac Smith Homans (Jr.): A cyclopedia of commerce and commercial navigation, with maps and engravings. Harper & Brothers, New York 1859, p. 1950

[2] Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 49

[3] Ezra S. Winslow: The computist's manual of facts, and merchant's and mechanic's calculator and guide. published by the author, Boston 1855, p. 48