Cent (unit)

The cent was a German and a French measure for weights. As a cent in French, it was also known as the grand cent . It was an old measure of salt and a measure for timber .

It was also sometimes referred to as Centaine and was one of the great measures. The centaine was used as a measure of 100 setier for salt.

• 1 cent = 100 setiers = 208 hectoliters .

The cent was given locally as a weight of 26,000 kilograms , but also 28,000 kilograms.

For lumber , the cent was calculated in cubic feet . Grand cent was the big hundred. It was a piece measure with a volume relationship. The piece of beam was 12 feet long and 1½ square feet in cross-sectional area

• 1 cent = 100 bars or solives = 300 cubic feet = 10.2832 stars
• 1 bar = 3 cubic feet = 0.102832 cubic meters

As a north German weight it was divided as follows:

• 1 cent = 1/10 quintet = 1/6 gram
• 1 ounce = ¼ solder, later 1/10 solder

literature

• Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 851.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brockhaus Encyclopedia in twenty volumes. Volume 3, FA Brockhaus, 1967, ISBN 978-3-76530-000-4 , p. 661.
2. ^ Author collective: Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. Volume 4, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig / Berlin / Vienna 1894–1896, 14th edition, p. 32.