Kula (unit)

The Kula , also Cula, Kolla, Coula, Colla, Kolleh / Kollé was a North African measure of volume and weight in Morocco , Tunis and Algiers . As a cula, it was the only oil measure in Morocco, but it was also used in other regions for milk and vinegar and similar liquids.

Morocco

The cula , also called coula , was a measure only for oil in the empire of Morocco . The measure is named after the earthen vessel and was also called Colla or Coulla . When measured in terms of weight, 22 pounds of the great hundredweight was equal to one coula.

1 Kula / Cula 764 Parisian cubic inches = 15 liters (= 15.155 liters) oil measure
1 kula = 22 pounds (according to the Great Kintar or hundredweight) of oil
1 kula = 22 rottoli = 19.5 Viennese pounds = 10920 grams as an olive measure
1 kula = 8 Saah / Saá = 5088 Parisian cubic inches = 10.08 liters
2 Kula = 1 Mettar / Mattaro / Metal / Metar = 20.16 liters

Algeria

The Kulleh, also Koullé , was an Algerian measure of volume for liquids and was especially taken for oil. The previous size, oil was previously sold by weight, was the Metalli with 16,951 kilograms . The measure corresponded to a copper jug with a capacity of 16 2/3 liters.

1 Kulleh = 840.207 Parisian cubic inches = 16 2/3 liters

In the trade, the Kulleh was expected to be 16 liters due to its simplicity.

1 Kulleh = 806.599 Parisian cubic inches = 16 liters

literature

August Schiebe : Universal encyclopedia of commercial science, containing: coin, measure and weight, bills of exchange, government paper, banking and stock exchange; the most important of higher arithmetic […]. Volume 2, Friedrich Fleischer and the Schumann brothers, Leipzig / Zwickau 1838, p. 371.
Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1850, p. 12.
Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers, as well as for businessmen in general. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1843, p. 351.
HA Pierer : Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present or Latest Encyclopedic Dictionary of Sciences, Arts and Crafts. Volume 10, HA Pierer publishing house, Altenburg 1870, p. 910.

Individual evidence

↑ August Schiebe: Universal encyclopedia of commercial sciences, containing: coin, measure and weight [...]. Volume 3, Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig and the Schumann brothers, Zwickau 1839, p. 24.
^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, p. 338.
↑ Georg Thomas Flügel: Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Publisher LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 185.
↑ Jurende's Vaterländischer Pilger: Business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 160.

[1] August Schiebe: Universal encyclopedia of commercial sciences, containing: coin, measure and weight [...]. Volume 3, Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig and the Schumann brothers, Zwickau 1839, p. 24.

[2] Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, p. 338.

[3] Georg Thomas Flügel: Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Publisher LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 185.

[4] Jurende's Vaterländischer Pilger: Business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 160.