Mosses (unit)
Moose , also Mosa, Musse, Muß or Musa, was a Turkish measure of volume and fruit in Cyprus , especially in the grain trade. It was also used as a measure of weight. The measure also applied in Italy. Here was a moss = 27,587 Paris cubic inches.
- Volume measure 1 moss = 10,747 Parisian cubic inches = 213 liters = 213.3 liters
- Weight measure 1 moss = 44 oka
- Weight measurement in Amsterdamm 1 load = 7 1/8 mosses
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jurende's patriotic pilgrims: 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 all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 227
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete handbook of coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world , Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 201
- ↑ August Schiebe: Universal encyclopedia of commercial sciences : containing: coin, measure and weight , Volume 1, Friedrich Fleischer Leipzig and the Schumann Brothers Zwickau 1839, p. 394
- ^ A b Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers, as well as for business people in general. Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1843, p. 84
- ↑ Gottlob Heinrich Heinse: Encyclopedic dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all words from foreign languages that are accepted in German. Volume 5, Wilhelm Wedel, Zeitz / Naumburg 1803, p. 350