12.8 |
||||
20 |
256 |
|||
5 |
100 |
1,280 |
||
30 |
150 |
3,000 |
38,400 |
|
0.933 |
1.750 |
8.750 |
175 |
2,240 |
At least as early as 1840 the qantar was treated commercially as equal to 175 pounds avoirdupois. In 1921 all surviving units were defined legally by British equivalents.
In the Italian period there were two versions of the ratal (or, to give it its Italian name, the rottolo), in the ratio 30:33, which is the number of onces to the rottolo. This is a common Italian division of the ratal.
Maltese |
Maltese |
|
oncia |
30 |
33 |
26.383 g |
791.50 g |
870.65 g |
During the Italian period precious metals were weighed with this system:
| cantaro |
|||||||||
pesa |
20 |
||||||||
rotolo |
5 |
100 |
|||||||
lira |
2.5 |
12.5 |
250 |
||||||
|
oncia |
12 |
30 |
150 |
3000 |
|||||
quarta |
4 |
48 |
120 |
600 |
12000 |
||||
octavo |
2 |
8 |
96 |
240 |
1200 |
24,000 |
|||
sedicesimo |
2 |
4 |
16 |
192 |
480 |
2400 |
48,000 |
||
trapeso |
2 |
4 |
8 |
32 |
384 |
960 |
4800 |
96,000 |
|
|
coccio |
18 |
36 |
72 |
144 |
576 |
6912 |
17,280 |
86,400 |
1,728,000 |
45.8 |
.8245 |
1.65 |
3.30 |
6.60 |
26.385 |
316.6 |
791.5 |
3.96 |
79.15 |
Doursther (1840) pages 87, 105, 226, 369, 562.
Robert Montgomery Martin.
History of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South
America, North America, Asia...
London: W. H. Allen & Co. and George Routledge, 1843.
Page 586.
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