A military dictionary

by William Duane

Liquid Measure.

Places.	Measures.	Contents of each measure ——		Equiv. to 100 gallons ——
		cubic in.		num. 100
Alicante	cantara	622		37	,14
Altona	tonne of 32 stubgens	7067		3	,27
Amsterdam	steken	1160		19	,91
	virtel	442	¹⁄₂	52	,20
	stoopen	145		159	,31
	mingel	72	¹⁄₂	318	,62
Ancona	boccale	87		265	,51
Antwerp	stoopen	192	¹⁄₄	120	,15
Arragon	cantara	585		39	,49
Augsburg	maas	90	¹⁄₃	255	,72
Barcelona	carga wine measure	7599		3	,04
	carga oil measure	7394		3	,12
Bari	salm oil measure	10086		2	,29
Basil	pot new measure	76	¹⁄₅	303	,15
Berlin	nass or maas	70	¹⁄₂	329	,41
Bern	maas	100	¹⁄₂	229	,85
Bologna	corba	4450		5	,13
Bordeaux	velte	453		51	,
Bremen	stubgen	193	¹⁄₂	119	,38
Breslaw	quart	42	¹⁄₃	545	,67
Brunswick	stubgen	223	³⁄₄	103	,24
Cadiz	see [Spain]
Canary Islands	pipa	26794			,86
Canea	miscala oil measure	686		33	,67
Cassel	viertel	499	¹⁄₂	46	,25
Cognac	velte	447	¹⁄₂	51	,62
Cologne	viertel	365		63	,29
Constantinople	almud	319	¹⁄₄	72	,36
Dantzic	stof wine measure	104	³⁄₅	220	,84
	stof beer measure	140	¹⁄₄	164	,70
Denmark	ahm	9128		2	,53
	kanne wine measure	117	³⁄₄	196	,18
	tœnde beer measure	8011		2	,88
	tœnde pitch measure	7067		3	,27
Dijon	quartaut	6176		3	,74
Dresden	anker regular measure	2055		11	,24
	tonne beer measure	5993		3	,85
	kanen great measure	85	³⁄₈	269	,79
	kanen small measure	57		405	,27
Dunkirk	pot	138		167	,39
England	gallon wine measure	231		100	,
	gallon beer measure	282		81	,91
Ferrara	secchia	624		37	,02
Florence	barile oil measure	1940		11	,91
	barile wine measure	2425		953
	fiascho	121		190	,90
	boccale	60	¹⁄₂	381	,80
France	hectolitre	6100		3	,79
	litre	61		378	,69
Francfort on the Maine	viertel	450		51	,33
Gallipoli	salma	9392		2	,46
Geneva	pot	58		398	,27
Genoa	rubbo oil measure	521		44	,34
	pinta wine measure	105		220	,
Gotha	stubgen	206	³⁄₄	111	,73
Hamburgh	viertel	442		52	,26
	stubgen	221		104	,52
	kanne	110	¹⁄₂	209	,05
	tonne beer measure	10594		2	,18
	tonne fish oil measure	7062		3	,27
Hanover	stubgen	237		97	,47
	tonne beer measure	6163		3	,75
	tonne honey measure	6044		3	,82
Heidelberg	viertel	562	¹⁄₄	41	,08
Hungaria	eimer	4470		5	,17
Königsberg	stof	87	¹⁄₂	264	,
Leghorn	barile oil measure	1940		11	,91
	barile wine measure	2425		9	,53
	fiascho	121		190	,90
	boccale	60	¹⁄₂	381	,80
Leipsic	eimer	4625		5	,00
	kanne	73	²⁄₅	314	,71
Lisle	lot	128		180	,47
Lisbon	almude	1040		22	,21
	alquier	520		44	,42
	canhada	86	²⁄₃	266	,54
Lubec	stubgen	220	³⁄₄	104	,65
Lucca	copa oil measure	6088		3	,79
Lyons	pot	58	¹⁄₁₀	397	,62
Majorca	cortan oil measure	251	⁵⁄₈	91	,80
Malaga	arroba	947		24	,39
Mantua	moggio oil measure	6789		3	,40
Marseilles	millerolle	3640		6	,35
	scandal	910		25	,38
Massa	barile oil measure	2160		10	,69
Mentz	maass	113	³⁄₄	203	,08
Messina	salma wine measure	5270		4	,38
	caffise oil measure	527		43	,83
Minorca	quartillo	349	¹⁄₂	66	,09
Montpellier	pot wine measure	64	¹⁄₈	360	,23
	pot oil measure	71	³⁄₈	323	,64
Naples	stara oil measure	3407		6	,78
	barile wine measure	2541		9	,09
Narva	stof	78	³⁄₅	293	,90
Nice	rubbo oil measure	515		44	,85
North	barrel pitch measure	7067		3	,27
Nuremberg	maas tavern measure	60	¹⁄₂	381	,81
Oneglia	barile oil measure	3783		6	,11
Oporto	aliquer	675	³⁄₄	34	,18
	canhade	112	⁵⁄₈	205	,10
Osnaburg	kanne	74	³⁄₈	310	,58
Ovieda	quartillo	34	¹⁄₂	669	,56
Paris	setier	464	⁴⁄₅	49	,70
	pinte	58	¹⁄₁₀	397	,62
	litre new measure	61		378	,69
Pernau	stof	78	³⁄₅	293	,90
Pola	salma	9196		2	,51
Prague	pint	116		199	,14
Puglia	staja	940		24	,57
Ratisbon	viertel	216	¹⁄₂	106	,70
Revel	stof	72	¹⁄₂	318	,62
Riga	stof	75		308	,
Rochelle	velt	447	¹⁄₂	51	,62
Rome	boccale	79	⁴⁄₅	289	,47
Rotterdam	stoopen	156		148	,08
Russia	wedra	751		30	,76
	kruska	93	⁷⁄₈	246	,07
Saragossa	cantara	584		39	,55
Schafhausen	maas	79	⁴⁄₅	289	,47
Scotland	pint old measure	103	²⁄₅	223	,40
Sicily	caffise	695		33	,24
Spain	moyo wine measure	15152		1	,52
	cantara ditto	947		24	,39
	azumbre ditto	118	³⁄₈	195	,14
	quartillo ditto	29	³⁄₅	780	,40
	arroba oil measure	740		31	,22
	quartilla ditto	185		124	,86
	libra ditto	29	³⁄₅	780	,40
Stettin	nœssel	44	³⁄₄	516	,20
Stralsund	stubgen	237		97	,47
Strasburg	schoppen	29	³⁄₅	780	,40
Sweden	kanna	159	⁵⁄₈	144	,71
Toulon	millerolle	3927		5	,88
Trieste	orna oil measure	4003		5	,77
	barile wine measure	4158		5	,56
Tripoli	mataro	1375		16	,80
Tunis	mataro oil measure	1155		20	,
	mataro wine measure	577	¹⁄₂	40	,
Turin	pint	95	¹⁄₂	241	,89
Valencia	cantara	775	⁵⁄₈	29	,78
Venice	miro oil measure	962		24	,
	secchia wine measure	602	¹⁄₄	38	,36
Verona	basso	275	³⁄₄	83	,77
Vienna	eimer	3614		6	,39
	maas	90	¹⁄₃	255	,72
Zell	stubgen	237		97	,47
Zurich	maas	111	¹⁄₄	207	,64

The following examples will shew in what manner the proportion between the liquid measures of any two given countries may be ascertained.

Examples.

Let it be required to reduce 100 litres new French measure into Spanish quartillos wine measure.

The French litre measuring internally 61 English cubic inches, and the Spanish quartillo 29³⁄₅, according to the table prefixed, I state the following equation:

				100	litres = x
1		litre	=	61	cubic inches
29	³⁄₅	cubic inches	=	1	quartillo
Result 206,08 quartillos.

Reduce 100 quartillos wine measure of Spain into litres new measure of France.

			100		quartillos = x
1	quartillo	=	29	³⁄₅	cubic inches
61	cubic inches	=	1		litre
Result 48,52 litres.

Table, which shews the length in English lines of each of the measures used in the sale of cloths, linens, and silk stuffs, and the relation of foreign measures to 100 yards and 100 ells English measure.