Pesata

The pesata was a unit of mass ( measure of weight) on the islands of Malta and Gozo . The measure was a Sicilian firewood measure. The rotoli mentioned here is also a Sicilian. A Cantaro / Cantajo / Cantaio or the hundredweight with 100 rotoli was equivalent to 79.342 kilograms. The pre-decimal places are the most useful ones in practice.

1 pesata = 300 rotoli = 476 pounds (Prussia) plus 8 lots (Prussia = 16.667 grams ) = 238.138 kilograms ≈ 238 kilograms

literature

Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: coin, measure and weight book. Money, measure and bills of exchange, rates, government papers, banks, trading establishments and customs of all states and important places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 546.

Individual evidence

↑ Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 302.

[1] Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 302.