Gerra (unit)

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The gerra [ d͡zərɐ ] ( Catalan for 'jug') was a Spanish liquid measure in Menorca and corresponded to the jug.

The Gerra could be divided into 2 Cuateras and these in turn into 2 half Cuateras (Medias-Cuateras) each and had 12.063 liters .

A wine pipa had 40 gerras.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ... Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 364.
  2. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 217.