Foreign Weights And Measures
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This section is from the book "Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge And Useful Infomation", by David Bepler. Also available from Amazon: Bepler's Handy Manual of Knowledge and Useful Information.
Foreign Weights And Measures
Denomination | Where Used | U. S. Equivalent |
Almude......... | .......4.422 gals. | |
Arratel or Libra.. | Portugal | 1,011 Ibs. avoir |
Arroba.......... | Portugal and Beazil | .........32.38 lbs. |
Arroba | Spain and Buenos Ayres | .........25.36 lbs. |
Arroba | Spain (wine) | 4.26 gals |
Baril............ | .. Argentine Republic and Mexico | ......20.0787 gals. |
Berkovet | Russia | 360 Ibs. avoir |
Candy | Bombay | 560 Ibs. avoir |
Candy | Madras | 500Ibs. avoir |
Cantar..... | Turkey | 124.7036 lbs. avoir. |
Cathy..... | China | 1.33 Ibs. avoir |
Cathy | Japan | ..........1.31 lbs. |
Cathy | Java, Siam, Malacca | ..........1.351b3. |
Cathy | Sumatra | ..........2.12 lbs. |
Cebtner | Bremen | ........127.5 lbs. |
Centner | Darmstadt and Zollverein | ........110.24 ILs. |
Centner | Prussia | ........113.44 lbs. |
Chang | Sweden | 93.7 lbs. avoir. |
Chcih | China | ..........11.75 ft. |
Chcih............ | China | ..........1.175 ft. |
Dansk mil | Denmark | 4.68 miles |
Deisatine | Russia | 2.7 acres |
Fanega | Mexico | ...1.54728 bushels |
Hectolitre (liquid) | ........26.41 gals. | |
Hectolitre (cereals | France | .......2.837 bush. |
Last | Belgium and Holland (dry | ......85.134 bush. |
Last | England, for dry Malt | ,.......82.52 bush. |
Last | Prussia | ......112.29 bush. |
Li.............. | China | ...........2115 ft. |
Libra | Castilian | .7100 grains troy |
Libra | Chili | 1.014 Ibs. avoir |
Livere | Guiana | .. 1.0791 lbs. avoir. |
Oka............ | Egypt | ..2.7235 lbs. avoir. |
Oka........... | Hungery | ..3.0817 lbs. avoir. |
Oka............ | Turkey...................... | .2.83418 lbs. avoir. |
Picul............ | Borneo and Celebes | 135.64 Ibs |
Picul............ | China | 133 1/4 Ibs. avoir |
Picul............ | Japan | ...........130 lbs. |
Picul............ | Java (Batavia) | ........135.10 lbs. |
Denomination | Where Used | U. S. Equivalent |
Pie | Argentine Republic | ..........0.9478 ft. |
Pie.............. | Castilian | .........0.91407 ft. |
Pik................ | Turkey | ...........27.9 in. |
Pood............. | Russia | 36. Ibs. avoir |
Pund............. | Denmark | 1.102 Ibs. avoir |
Quarter | England | ........ 8.252 bush. |
Quintal | Brazil | ...130.06 lbs. avoir. |
Quintal | Buenos Ayres | ...101.42 lbs. avoir. |
Quantal | . Castile, Chili, Mexico, Peru... | 101.61 lbs. avoir. |
Quintal Metrique.. | France | ....220.4 lbs. avoir. |
Tael.............. | Cochin-China | . .590.75 grains troy. |
Tael (weight)..... | China | 12 oz bush |
Tchetvert | Russia | 5.95 bush |
Tonde (coal)...... | Denmark | .........4.82 bush. |
Tonde (Corn) | Denmark | 3.92 bush |
Tondeland | Denmark | 1.36 acres |
Tonneau (coal) | France | 2,004 lbs. avoir. |
Tscan | China | 1.41 inches |
Tunna | Sweden | 4.64 bush |
Tunnland | Sweden | 1.22 acres |
Vara | Curagoa, Cuba and Peru | .......0 914117 yds. |
Vara | Russia | 33.375 in |
Vedro | Russia | ...........3.24 gals. |
Verste | Russia | 0.663 of a mile |
Zoll cnetner | Austria | 110 Ibs. avoir |
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