Litron

The litron was a French measure of volume for grain , seeds , and pulses . The measure, corresponding to the Metze , gave the decimal measure liter, because the wooden measuring vessel was very close to today's liter .

After the meter was defined as a length of exactly 443.296 Parisian lines in 1799 , the Parisian inch has a length of exactly ³⁷⁵ ⁄ ₁₃₈₅₃ meters (≈ 27.07 mm). Previously, the measure was subject to regional fluctuations, and accordingly the Parisian cubic inch and litron volume measures derived from it. Furthermore, the litron was defined differently with 40 or 41 Paris cubic inches.

• 1 litron = 40 pouce cube ( Parisian cubic inches ) = ^{40 × 375 × 375 × 375} ⁄ _{13853 × 13853 × 13853} m³ = ^{2,109,375,000} ⁄ _{2,658,468,401,477} cubic meters ≈ 0.793 liters (definition from 1799)

• 1 litron = 41 pouce cube ( Parisian cubic inches ) = ^{41 × 375 × 375 × 375} ⁄ _{13853 × 13853 × 13853} m³ = ^{2,162,109,375} ⁄ _{2,658,468,401,477} cubic meters ≈ 0.813 liters (definition from 1799)

		Litron to 40 pouce cube	Litron to 41 pouce cube
1 litron	= 40 or 41 pouce cube	≈ 0.793 liters	≈ 0.813 liters
1 boisseau ( bushel )	= 16 litron	≈ 12.695 liters	≈ 13.013 liters
1 minot	= 3 Boisseau = 48 Litron	≈ 38.086 liters	≈ 39.038 liters
1 mine	= 2 minot = 96 litron	≈ 76.172 liters	≈ 78.076 liters
1 Setier	= 2 mines = 192 Litron	≈ 152.343 liters	≈ 156.152 liters
1 muid / tonneau	= 12 Sester = 2304 Litron	≈ 1828 liters	≈ 1874 liters

literature

• Gustav Adolph Jahn: Dictionary of applied mathematics: a manual for use. Volume 1, Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 189.
• Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 161.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Ferdinand Roth: Charitable Lexicon. Ernst Christoph Grattenauer, Nuremberg 1791, p. 701.