Tonneau
Tonneau (also Tonneau de mer, Tonneau metrique) or ton was a French measure of volume for dry goods and liquids. Tonneau is a unit of measurement for weight and corresponds to 1000 kg.
In the past it was also used as a measure of space and corresponded to = 42 Parisian cubic feet = 1.440 m³, as a grain measure = 15 hectoliters.
In Marseille , the term was used differently depending on the goods (900 liters of oil, 18 boxes of 25 bottles of wine, etc.). As an old French measure of measure (for Bordeaux wine ) 1 tonneau = 912 liters.
Wine measure
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Bordeaux 1 tonneau = 4 barriques ( Oxhoft ) = 6 tiercons = 128 veltes (quarters) = 440 pots
- 1 tonneau = 45,988 Parisian cubic inches = 928 liters (also 912 liters)
The measure was extended to honey .
Dry goods
The muid / mudde or kiloliter was used as a measure for dry goods such as grain , salt , coal and lime . He was the French Malter which was just another name for the tonneau.
From the old boisseau , a grain measure with 13 liters, 144 were necessary for 1 tonneau.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meyer's Encyclopedic Lexicon. Vol. 23, 9th edition, Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1978, page 582.
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 24, 353.
- ↑ C. Bopp: The international measure, weight and coin agreement through the metric system. Julius Maier Publishing House, Stuttgart 1869, p. 25.
