Kanta (unit)

The kanta was a Hungarian measure of volume in the Debrecen region and was used for liquids.

• 1 Kanta = 10 halves = 20 Seidel = 40 Rimpel / Halbseidel / Pfiff (Wiener) = about 8.4 liters
• 1 Cseber (large) / Nagy Cseber ( bucket , large) = 2 Cseber (small) / Kis Cseber = 10 Kanta = 4201 ⅞ Parisian cubic inches = 83.36 liters also = 85.05 liters

literature

• Johann Jakob Heinrich Czikann, Franz Graeffer: Austrian National Encyclopedia . Volume 2, Friedrich Beck'sche Universitätsbuchhandlung, Vienna 1835, p. 158.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Verlag Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 122.
2. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 53
3. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 218.