Cape of Good Hope
liquid capacity, 19th century

legger

pipe

76/55

half legger

55/38

2

half pipe

76/55

2

152/55

aum

55/38

2

55/19

4

half aum

2

55/19

4

110/19

8

anker

2

4

110/19

8

220/19

16

half anker

2

4

8

220/19

16

440/19

32

flask

8

16

32

64

1760/19

128

3520/19

256

in English wine gallons

19/32

9.5

19

38

55

76

110

152

in imperial gallons

0.49

3.96

7.91

15.82

31.64

45.80

63.29

91.60

126.57

in liters

2.25

17.98

35.96

71.92

143.85

208.20

287.69

416.39

575.38

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.

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