bacino [French]

In Corsica, a unit of dry capacity. Plural, bacini. opens a new page containing a chart that shows relationships between this unit and other units in its system

Size of the bacino
Location Value in liters
Bastia 7.397
Ajaccio 9.145
Bonifacio 9.045
Sartène 10.023

sources

La plus grande fantasie semblait régner quant à la valeur du Bacino, valeur qui variait de ville à ville: mais pour les mesures plus importantes, Bastia donnait généralement le ton, ainsi que l'établissent les chiffres qui suivent:

The greatest caprice seemed to prevail regarding the size of the Bacino, a value that varied from town to town. But for the most important measures, [the city of] Bastia generally set the tone, thus the establishment of the following numbers: [shown above]

Francis Maure.
Poids et Mesures.
Archives Departementales de la Corse.
Corse Historique. Etudes et Documents. Annee 1, No. 4. (November 1955).
Page 40.

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