A history and description of modern wines / by Cyrus Redding.
- Cyrus Redding
- Date:
- 1833
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A history and description of modern wines / by Cyrus Redding. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![Beside the above, which are generally used for wine mea- sures alone, the following are frequently applied to the same purpose. Cubic Inches. Number Equivalent to 100 Gallons English. Azumbre 118§ 195-14 Qunrtillo 29i 784-40 Quartilla 185 ] 24-86 Libra 29 780-40 Cantara 775| 29-78 Schoppen 29| 780-40 Kanne 159| 144-71 Mataro 1,375 16 80 Metaro 677i 40-00 Basso 275| 8377 Moggio 6,789 3-40 Quartillo .. • • 349> 66 09 78i 293 90 Aliquer 675i 34-18 Pint 116 199-14 Boccale in 289-47 Kraska 93’ 246-07 Cassise 675 33-24 Neessal 44a 516-20 Used in Spain. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Used in Strasburg. Sweden. Italy. Tunis. Verona. Mantua. Minorca. Narva. Oporto. Prague. Rome, Russia. Sicily. Stettin. The following national wine measures, in a connected form, will not be misplaced here. SPAIN. At Cadiz the cantaro is 8 azumbres, or 32 quartillos. The large arroba is 4^ gallons, the small 3|. IG Arrobas make 1 mayo 27 Ditto 1 pipe 30 Ditto 1 botta The botta is 127| English wine gallons : the Spanish pipe 1H|. PORTUGAL. At Figueras the Almude is equal to 5-| gallons At Vianna to 6^ ditto 21 Almudes of Oporto make a pipe ; at Lisbon 31 almudes.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21529504_0431.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
