Uzbek (unit)
Uzbek , also Usbeck, was an Egyptian measure of volume and fruit.
Cairo
- 1 Uzbek = 4 rubles = 29.17 liters (calculated)
- 6 Uzbek = 1 Ardeb = 175 liters (according to HA Pierer = 9023.83 Parisian cubic inches = 179 liters)
Alexandria
According to another source from Ardeb / Rebeke, the measure in Alexandria was somewhat smaller.
- 1 Ardeb = 7996.4 Parisian cubic inches = 158.623 liters
- 1 Uzbek = 4 Ruben = 26.44 liters (calculated)
literature
- Hermann Julius Meyer: The large conversation lexicon for the educated classes. 2nd department, volume 13, printing and publishing house of the Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen / Amsterdam / Paris / Philadelphia 1852, p. 387.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Heinrich August Pierer : Universal Lexicon of the Present and Past, or the latest dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades. Volume 16, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1843, p. 864.
- ↑ Georg Thomas Flügel: Kurs-Zettel continued as a handbook for coin, measure, weight and usage customers as well as bills of exchange, banking, government paper and stocks for bankers and merchants. Jägersche Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 80.