Copet

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The copet was a grain measure in the Swiss cantons of Vaud and Neuchâtel . The copet is equal to the verre, the pure liquid measure , with 13.4 centiliters or 6.805676 Paris cubic inches .

In these cantons the measure was different and was im

Canton of Neuchâtel

  • 1 copet = 32 Parisian cubic inches = 7/11 liter = 3/16 metze (Prussian)
  • 24 copets = 1 emine / sester
  • 192 copets = 1 sac
  • 576 copets = 1 muid

Canton of Vaud

  • 1 Copet = 5 cubic inches (Vaudois) = 6 4/5 Parisian cubic inches = 23/200 liters = 1/25 Metze (Prussian)
  • 10 copets / fifth = 1 emine / measure
  • 100 copets = 1 quarteron / apply
  • 1000 copets = 1 sack
  • 10,000 = 1 Muid / Malter

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 45.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and weight book. Jäger'schen book, paper and map dealer, Frankfurt am Main 1830, p. 335.