Meitadella
Meitadella , or Mitadella , was a Spanish liquid measure , especially for wine and brandy, and was used in Catalonia .
- 1 meitadella = 76 ½ Parisian cubic inches = 1 ½ liters
- 3 meitadellas = 1 cortarine
- 6 Meitadellas = 1 Arroba or Cortane
- 72 meitadellas = 1 carga
According to other literature was
- 1 Carga = 12 Cortanes = 24 Cortarines = 72 Meitadellas = 6238.8 Parisian Cubic Inches = 123.756 liters = 32.695 English Wine Gallons results in 1.718 liters .
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world ... Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 190.
- ↑ John R. Mc. Culloch, LR Schmidt: Theoretical-practical Komptoir-Handbuch . J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1837, p. 114.