Foudre (unit)
The foudre was a measure of volume in Belgium and Luxembourg meaning a fuder or large barrel. It was also known as a wine foudre .
- 1 Foudre = 6 Aimes = 780.134 liters ≈ 7.8 hectoliters
- 1 wine foudre = 6 ohms at 48 gels at 2 pots at 2 pints at 2 uppers
literature
- Peter Kurzwell: The Vieweg unit lexicon. Friedrich Vieweg and Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-528-06987-2 , p. 229.
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 94 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joseph Alois Ditscheiner: Complete textbook of commercial arithmetic for practitioners and inexperienced; A thorough, collaborative guide to the art of quick arithmetic, with many proven in business practice ... billing advantages and abbreviations. Volume 3, Gustav Heckenast, Pest 1850, p. 342.