Nofs · wine
The wine, beer and spirits nofs is a historical measure of about 568.3 mL. Here the word names a particular capacity, not half a litre.
Convert with this measure ↗Historical use
The wine, beer and spirits nofs is a historical measure of about 568.3 mL. Here the word names a particular capacity, not half a litre.
Wine measures and oil or milk measures could share a name but have different capacities. Choose the context before converting.
Alternative names
infasnofshalf wine measure
Relationships between measures
Wine nofs ≈ 0.5683 L; approximately half a wine kartoċċ.
Variations & cautions
Rounded metric value from a secondary reference; rounding can slightly affect ratios. Identify the commodity and period.
A wine kartoċċ is about 1.137 L, whereas an oil or milk kartoċċ is about 1.279 L. Litres cannot be converted to kilograms without the product’s density.
A calculation can be mathematically precise while its historical equivalence remains approximate. Each variant here carries its context and sources. Displaying more decimal places does not make a rounded value more certain.
Worked conversions
- 1 × Nofs · wine≈ 0.5683 L
- 2 × Nofs · wine≈ 1.1366 L
- 10 × Nofs · wine≈ 5.683 L
Example: amount × factor = metric equivalent. Calculations use the full stored factor and round only for display.
The name is only half the story.
A wine kartoċċ is about 1.137 L, whereas an oil or milk kartoċċ is about 1.279 L. Litres cannot be converted to kilograms without the product’s density.
- Kartoċċ · wine
- ≈ 1.137 L
- Kartoċċ · oil / milk
- ≈ 1.279 L
Sources & method
- Maltese units of measurement — liquid tables ↗
Secondary reference for additional liquid variants. Metric factors remain approximate; not direct verification of the 1921 Act.
- Malta Blue Book 1935 — Weights and Measures, section 19 ↗
Historical tables in the NSO archive. Digitised text contains errors; values here are qualified approximations.