Parisian cubic feet

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Parisian cubic foot was a reference unit for liquids throughout Europe in the pre-metric age . It was 1 foot each length × width × height.

After the meter was defined as a length of exactly 443.296 Parisian lines in 1799 , the Parisian foot had a length of exactly ⁴⁵⁰⁰ ⁄ ₁₃₈₅₃ meters (≈ 32.48 cm). Previously, the level was subject to regional fluctuations.

1 Paris foot = 12 Paris inches = 144 Paris lines ≈ 32.4839 cm
1 Parisian cubic foot = 1728 Parisian cubic inches = 2,985,984 Parisian cubic lines = ^{91,125,000,000} ⁄ _{2,658,468,401,477} m³ ≈ 0.034 277 255 m³ ≈ 34.277 liters

One cubic meter was equal to 29.173851 Parisian cubic feet.

Many dimensions that were very different from region to region could be compared with this unit.

literature

Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. …, Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830.
Georg Kaspar Chelius : Measure and weight book. Jäger'schen book, paper and map store, Frankfurt am Main 1830.

Individual evidence

↑ G. Buchner: The most worth knowing from the measure, weight u. Münzkunde , self-published by the author and J. Paul'schen Buchdruckerei, Günzburg 1853, p. 33.

[1] G. Buchner: The most worth knowing from the measure, weight u. Münzkunde , self-published by the author and J. Paul'schen Buchdruckerei, Günzburg 1853, p. 33.