Mesure (unit)
Mesure was a French measure of volume for primarily dry goods such as salt .
- Salt 1 boisseau (bushel) = 6 mesures
- 1 mesure = 109 ⅓ Parisian cubic inches = 2 1/6 liters
As an oil measure, it was a small measure in the dimensional chain when the barile was used as a measure of volume and not as a measure of weight.
- Oil measure 1 barile = 2 giarri = 8 quartans = 96 quartucci = 192 mesure = 1694 Parisian cubic inches = 33.59 liters
- 1 mesure = 0.17495 liters
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 191
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of all trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 4, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1850, p. 305
- ^ Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for businessmen in general: or, Complete dictionary. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1838, pp. 59, 581