Quart (unit)

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Quart is a unit for the volume of liquids and dry substances, which is mainly used in the Anglo-American system of measurement. The unit symbols used are Imp.qt./US liq.qt./US dry qt. The quart was also used as a liquid measure in Germany , especially in the wine and beer trade. However, the units used were not identical to the American ones.

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Anglo-American system of measurement

liquid measure

1 Imp.qt. = 2 imp.pt. = 4 imp.cup = 8 imp.gi. = 40 Imp.fl.oz. = 69.355 cubic inch = 1.1365 liters

1 Imp.bushel = 8 Imp.gal. = 32 Imp.qt.

1 US liq.qt. = 2 US liq.pt. = 4 US cup = 8 US gi. = 32 US fl.oz. = 57.75 cubic inch = 0.9464 liters

1 US gal. = 4 US liq.qt. = 231 cubic inches

1 Imp.qt. = 1.20095 US liq.qt.

Dry measure

1 US dry qt. = 2 US dry pt. = 67,201 cubic inch = 1.101 liters

1 US bsh. = 4 peck = 8 US dry.gal. = 32 US dry qt. = 64 US dry pt.

92.400 US dry quart = 1075.21 US liquid quart

1 US dry quart ≈ ​​1.1636 US liquid quart

German system

Berlin

  • 1 quart = 1.170346 liters = 59 Parisian cubic inches
  • 1 quart = 2 eyelets

The old Berlin measure was replaced by that of Prussia.

Bremen

  • 1 quart = 0.94288 liters = 47.53 Paris cubic inches
  • 1 quart = 4 lacks
  • 1 room = 4 quart

Wroclaw

  • 1 quart = 0.69343 liters = 34.96 Parisian cubic inches
  • 1 bucket = 4 quart

Dresden

  • 1 quart = 4 matzos = 16 matzos (fruit measure)

Hall

The measure for the brine is the Prussian.

  • 1 quart of salt = 12 pans
  • 1 (salt) pan = 5 Zober = 40 buckets = 480 (Prussian) quart
  • 48 pans were called a chair.

Prussia (after 1816)

The quart was embodied by a basic measure. It was cast from brass and represented a cylinder 3 ½ inches in diameter and 6.652 inches in height.

A bushel was 16 butts, or 48 quarters. 100 quarts made a barrel of beer .

Kingdom of Württemberg

  • 1 measure = 4 quart

The size “measure” was dependent on its application, because a distinction was made between light measure, present measure and cloudy measure. The light standard was the reference measure for the others.

  • 1 light standard = 1.83075 liters = 92.6099 Parisian cubic inches = 78.125 Württemb. Cubic inches
  • 1 turbidity measure = 1.91742 liters = 96.662 Paris cubic inches
  • 1 gift measure = 1.67005 liters = 84.191 Parisian cubic inches

Quart measures

Quart is also the name for a quarter of a measure. Many dimensions have quart in their designation and indicate the special feature in the modification of the term. Here is a selection of these dimensions:

  • quart
    • Grain measure in England, Bremen, Poland, Galicia
    • Liquid measure in a large part of Germany, in Prussia; in Poland and Galicia here Kwart / Kwarta written
  • Quarta also Quarto
    • Grain measure in Portugal, Brazil, Katatonien, Rome and Genoa
    • Oil measure in Barcelona and Genoa
    • Liquid measure in the Canary Islands
    • Length measure
  • Quartana
    • Liquid measure on the island of Sardinia
  • Quartanes
    • Grain measure in the Swiss canton of Graubünden
  • Quartano or Cortane
    • Volume and oil measure in the Balearic Islands
  • Quartant or Quarteau
    • French volume measure for liquids
  • Quartaro
    • Grain and liquid measure in Lombardy and Sicily
  • Quartarolo
    • Grain and oil measure in Bologna
  • Quartaut
    • French liquid measure
  • Quarts or quarters
    • Grain measure in France
    • Wine measure Germany
  • Quarteau or Quartant
    • French volume measure for liquids
  • Quarteel
    • Container, Trangebinde in Hamburg and Holland
  • Quartel or fourth
    • Grain measure in France
    • Wine measure Germany
  • Quarter
    • English capacity for dry and liquid goods
  • Quartera
    • Grain measure in Catalonia (Barcelona) and the Balearic Islands
    • Wine measure in the Balearic Islands
  • Quarteron
    • Grain measure in the Swiss cantons of Friborg Lausanne Vaud Geneva
    • Liquid measure in the canton of Geneva
    • Weight measure in France
    • Counting measure in Belgium
  • Quarterona
    • Grain measure in Valencia
  • Quarterono
    • Oil measure in Genoa
  • Quarticello or quarter size
    • the fourth part of the quarto
  • Quarticino or Cupo
    • Grain measure in Bologna
  • Quarter
    • Quarter liquid measure in Braunschweig, Hanover, the Hanseatic cities, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg,
    • Quarter grain measure in Sweden
  • Quarters or little quarters
    • Volume measure in Silesia
  • Quarters
    • Liquid measure on the island of Sardinia
  • Quartiero , quarters or quarters
    • Italian measure of volume on the island of Sardinia
  • Quartiglio
    • Italian field and area measure on the island of Sicily
  • Quartilho
    • Liquid measure in Portugal and Brazil
  • Quartillo or Cuartillo
    • Volume measurement for grain and liquids in Spain and on Spanish trading centers
  • Quartine or Cuartine
    • Wine measure in the Balearic Islands
  • Quartino
    • Wine measure in the Kingdom of Sardinia
    • Gold coin in the Papal States and Portugal
    • Volume measurement in Mallorca, in Turin, Alessandria
  • Quärtlein
    • Liquid measure in the Swiss canton of Graubünden
  • Quartli
    • Liquid measure in the Swiss canton of Zurich
  • Quärtli
    • see quart
  • Quarto
    • Volume and weight measure in Spain and Italy as a measure of grain and oil
    • Gold and silver weights in Spain and Italy but only in some regions
    • Middle names were independent measures in other regions
      • Quart, quarter, quarter or four of a kind
      • Quarticello is the fourth part of the quarto.
    • Currency base in Spain, South America and East India
  • Quarto also Quarta
    • Grain measure in Portugal, Brazil, Katatonien, Rome and Genoa
    • Oil measure in Barcelona and Genoa
    • Liquid measure in the Canary Islands
    • Length measure
  • Quarto or Cuarto (quarter)
    • different grain and liquid measures and weights in Spain and former South American colonies, Canary Islands, several Italian states
    • Measure of length in Valencia
    • Copper coin in Spain
  • Quartuccio
    • Area and field measure in Rome
    • different capacities in Rome, Tuscany, Sardinia and Sicily

See also

literature

  • Georg Kaspar Chelius, Johann Friedrich Hauschild, Heinrich Christian Schumacher: Measure and weight book. Frankfurt am Main 1830, pages 44, 112, 122 f., 127, 129, 135, 319, 321, 349 ( digitized book available from Google Books )

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, page 235
  2. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 145.