Etching (unit)

Etching was a Transylvanian piece measure in the trade in unprocessed (raw) hemp .

• 1 bundles = 10 tufts / bushes = 100 tufts / travelers

Processed hemp was charged according to the wagon measure, not in all places.

• 4 wagons (stone) = 1 quintals = 120 littre (pounds) ≈ 39 kilograms

They also calculated 24 pounds per stone , so that 5 stones made the hundredweight.

literature

• Joseph Leonhard: Textbook for promoting knowledge of Transylvania. Johann Barth, Hermannstadt 1818, p. 376.