Fiasco (unit)

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Fiasco , also Fiascho, a term for bottle , was an Italian measure of volume in Tuscany ( Grand Duchy of Tuscany ) with two different values. The measure differentiated oil and wine .

Wine

The dimensional chain was

  • 1 Fiasco = 2 Boccali = 4 Mezzete = 8 Quartucci
  • Florence 1 Fiasco = 105 Parisian cubic inches = 1 1/125 = 1.008 liters
  • Pisa 1 Fiasco = 114.9 Parisian cubic inches = 2 7/25 = 2.28 liters

oil

  • 1 Fiasco = 2 Boccali = 4 Mezzete = 8 Quartucci = 105 8/25 Parisian cubic inches = 2 8/91 = 2.0879 liters

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 93.
  • Joseph Johann von Littrow , Karl Ludwig von Littrow : JJ v. Littrow's Comparison of the Most Excellent Measures, Weights, and Coins. Beck, Vienna 1844, p. 60.
  • Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 220.