Coppo (unit)

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The coppo (Pl. Coppi), meaning jug, was an Italian measure of volume in the Duchy of Lucca . As a measure of liquid Coppo di lucca it had two sizes in the oil trade.

  • 1.Size: 1 coppo = 5034 Parisian cubic inches = 99 ¾ liters (99.81 liters)
  • 2. Size: 1 coppo = 6170 Parisian cubic inches = 122 ¼ liters

A division into half-coppo or double-coppo was possible.

Had when selling by weight

  • 1 Coppo = 264 pounds = 88.308 kilograms = 24 Libbre grosso / Peso grosso
  • 1 pound = 334.5 grams

See also

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of coin, measure and weight ratios ..., Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 623
  2. ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of coin, measure and weight ratios ..., Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 566
  3. ↑ 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. 85