Mina (unit)
Mina was a measure of volume and grain in various places in Dalmatia and Italy . The mina was used in the Lombardy-Venetian kingdom as the double mina, mina and half mina for dry and liquid goods. Here, with 10 liters, it was considered a so-called decaliter with 10 pints or 100 coppi / jug, the deciliter. 10 mina were required for one soma , the hectolitre .
The measure was also used as a field measure on the island of Arbe in addition to the volume measure.
Field measure
- 1 mina = 100 square pertiche = 592,566 square meters
Volume measure
- Arbe 1 Mina = 8 Dixizze = 646.19 Parisian cubic inches = 12.818 liters
- Milan 1 Mina = 14 Rubbi = 28 Moggia = 224 Staji = 896 Quartari, here metric division
- Genoa 1 Mina = 8 Quarti = 96 Cambetta = 5697 Parisian Cubic Inches = 116 17/20 liters
- Turin ( Principality of Piedmont ), Alexandria ( Duchy of Montferrat ) and various places in * Sardinia 1 Mina = 8 Copello = 965 5/6 Parisian cubic inches = 19 1/7 liters
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1 Mina = 4 Metadella / Nösel / Metze = 8 Mezzetta / Mezetta
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse publishing house, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830.
- Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855.
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Rumler: Overview of the measures, weights and currencies of the most excellent states. Verlag Jasper, Hügel u. Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 21.