Chariot (unit)

The chariot , also known as wag or wog, was a Dutch unit of mass and was used as a wool weight. It has also been used in Sweden and France .

In the real sense, it was a measure of weight for goods that took up space. Translated, the measure means cart or cart.

1 chariot = 77.343 grams
1 sack = 2 chariots
1 seltier = 6 chariots
1 chariot = 27 ½ nail / nail
1 nail = 2812.5 grams
1 Chariot = 165 pounds ( Antwerp ) = 470.1561 grams / pound times 165 pounds = 77.57 kilograms
Amiens 1 chariot = 175 pounds (amiens)

The English nail or clove had a different mass.

Individual evidence

↑ CLW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 33.

^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig, 1830, p. 45.

^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 59.

^ Carl Günther Ludovici : Opened Academy of Merchants, or a complete merchant lexicon. Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf and Son, Leipzig 1768, Volume 5, p. VIII.

[1] CLW Aldefeld: The dimensions and weights of the German customs union states and many other countries and trading centers in their mutual relationships. Verlag JG Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1838, p. 33.

[2] Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig, 1830, p. 45.

[3] Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 59.

[4] Carl Günther Ludovici : Opened Academy of Merchants, or a complete merchant lexicon. Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf and Son, Leipzig 1768, Volume 5, p. VIII.