Benda (unit)

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Benda was an African weight measure and was primarily used as a trade weight in Guinea and Senegambia . The dimensional chain was

  • 1 Benda = 2 Benda-offa = 4 Eggeba / Egebba = 8 Piso / Eusano / Usano / Usanno = 16 Ag (u) iraque = 32 Mediatable
  • 1 benda = 64.317 grams = 64.1189 grams = 64 1/8 grams = 64.116 grams

literature

  • M. Mendelssohn : Handbook of coin, measurement and weight studies, taking into account the new coin and weight system, with detailed reduction tables. Horvarth'sche Buchhandlung, Potsdam 1859, p. 51

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Par M. Sardou: Abrégé de geographie commerciale et industrial. Hachette et Cie, Paris 1848, p. 335.
  2. ↑ Georg Thomas Flügel : Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Publisher LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 129
  3. ↑ Natural history and chemical-technical notes based on the latest experience in practical applications for trade, factories and agriculture. 13. New Series Collection, Volume 1, Allgemeine Dt. Publishing company (Sigismund Wolff), Berlin 1860, p. 341
  4. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 314