Giarre (unit)
Giarre , jara or jug, was a measure of volume with the distinction between wine and oil on the Ionian Islands and the island of Sardinia .
Zante ( Zakynthos )
- Wine measure 1 Giarre = 22.24 liters
- Wine measure 1 barile = 3 giarri = 120 quartucci = 66.714 liters
- Oil measure 1 barile = 3 giarri = 138 quartucci = 66.714 liters
Paxos and Corfu
- Wine measure 1 Giarre = 17.034 liters
- Wine measure 1 barile = 4 giarri = 128 quartucci = 3434.8 Parisian cubic inches = 68.134 liters
- Oil measure 1 Giarre = 17.034 liters
- Oil measure 1 barile = 4 giarri = 24 miltri = 96 quartucci = 3434.8 Parisian cubic inches = 68.134 liters
Sardinia with capital Cagliari
- Oil measure 1 Giarre = 16.795 liters
- Oil measure 1 barile = 2 giarri = 8 quartans = 96 quartucci = 192 mesure = 1694 Parisian cubic inches = 33.59 liters
literature
- Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. J. Hölscher publishing house, Koblenz 1862.
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851.
Individual evidence
- ↑ August Schiebe : Universal encyclopedia of commercial science: containing: coin, measure and weight. Volume 1, Friedrich Fleischer / Gebrüder Schumann, Leipzig / Zwickau 1837, p. 540.
- ↑ Wilhelm Hoffmann: General encyclopedia for merchants, manufacturers, business people, or a complete dictionary on trade, factories, manufactories, arts, etc. Business. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1848, p. 59.