Quartana (volume measure)
The Quartana , also Quartiera , was an Italian measure of volume for liquids and grain. It was the same for wine , brandy and oil and was valid on the island of Sardinia . In weight, the measure was about 10 pounds (sard.).
It was divided into 12 quartucci or 60 pints or 120 mezzettos.
- 1 quartucci = 17.64 Parisian cubic inches = 0.35 liters (= 16.9 Parisian cubic inches = ⅓ liters)
- 1 quartana = 211.7 Parisian cubic inches = 4.2 liters
As an oil measure, the measure was derived from the Barile / barrel and
- 1 barile = 2 giarri = 8 quartanes = 96 quartucci = 192 misure / measure = 33.6 liters
The grain measure was
- 1 quartana = 12 quartucci = 202 ¾ Parisian cubic inches = 4 liters
literature
- Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight…. J. Hölscher publishing house, Koblenz 1862.
- Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 393.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 267.
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 262.