Cuarteron

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The cuarteron was a Spanish measure of volume and grain , but also a measure of weight in the oil trade.

The measure chain in Valencia as a grain measure was

  • 1 cahiz = 12 barchillas = 48 celemines = 192 cuarterones = 246.28125 liters according to another source = 10,234.51 Parisian cubic inches = 203.0156 liters
  • 1 Cuarteron = 1.28 liters (1.05 liters)

The dimensional chain in the oil trade was

  • 1 oil arroba / arroba menor = 25 libras = 100 cuarterones / panillas = 12,564 liters
  • 1 Cuarteron / Panillas = 0.12564 liters

The dimensional chain as a measure of weight was

  • 1 quintal / hundredweight = 4 arroba = 100 libras = 400 cuarterones = 1,600 onzas = 92,800 ochavas = 460,135 kilograms
  • 1 cuarteron = 1150.34 kilograms

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 213.
  2. ^ Johann Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the bills of exchange and banking and the usages of all countries and trading places, Volume 3 . FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1850, p. 1309.