Galbe

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Galbe was an Italian measure of the volume of liquids, especially wine, and was used in Bologna . The dimensional chain for the measure was

  • 1 Corba = 2 Galbe = 4 Quartarola = 60 Boccali = 240 Foglietta = 73.79133 liters
  • 1 galbe = 36.8957 liters

literature

  • Benjamin Scholz, Joseph Franz Jacquin: The beginnings of physics as preparation for studying chemistry. Verlag Camesina'sche Buchhandlung, Vienna 1816, p. 137. ( limited preview in Google book search)
  • Ches Magimel, Anselin et Pochard: Aide-mémoire à l'usage des officiers d'artillerie de France, attachés au service de terre. Volume 2, Paris 1819, p. 902.