Frasco (unit)
The frasco was a Spanish volume measure for liquids in Buenos Aires and was used for wine , (olive) oil and brandy . In Catalonia the measure was slightly larger. The measure corresponded to the bottle .
The measure was the basic and original measure and in the year
- In 1822 1 Frasco was 2.3192 liters
- In 1833 1 Frasco was 119.74 Parisian cubic inches = 2.3794 liters
The dimensional chain was
- 1 frasco / bottle = 2 medios / halves = 4 cuartos / quarters = 8 octavos / eighths
The relationship to other dimensions was
- 1 pipa = 6 bariles = 192 Frascos = 456 liters
- 1 caneca = 8 Frascos = 19 liters
In Rio de Janeiro , 1 frasco = 1.5 quartilho = 2.129 liters and was considered the Portuguese unit of measurement. Had in Montevideo
- 1 Frasco = 2.63469 liters
Had in Mexico
- 1 Frasco = 2.5 Bouteien
literature
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1617.
- Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange-government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 582.
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 384.
- ^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 193.
- ^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 179.