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weigh one used lever scales.
1 rotolo = 900 gr.
1 ounce = 27.27 gr.
1 cantaro = 90 Kg
1 tomolo = to the brim 48 Kg, full 56 K
MEASURES.
1 hectare = 3.25 tomolo’s
1 tomolo = 3086 mq
1 salma = 3 tomolo’s
1 palmo napoletano = 27 cm
1 passo napoletano = 194 cm
1 pertica – 6 piedi parigini = 19.44 m
1 piede parigino = 12 pollici = 324 cm
1 braccio = 2.5 palmi
1 canna di legna = 4 palmi in height = 108 cm and 16 palmi in length 432
cm
1 salma = 100 Kg
In 1480 during the reign of Federico I the weights and measures were in
wood and the necessary weighing devices were placed in the piazzas of all
of the cities of the province.
CURRENCIES
1 ducato = 4.25 Lira
1 carlino = .425 Lira
1 tari = 2 carlino’s
1 oncia = 60 carlino’s
1 soldo = 5 centesimo’s
The relationship between 1858 and today is the following:
1 soldo = 1 espresso sized cup of coffee
2 carlino’s = one days’ s