Darchini

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Darchini , also Darkimet as the 8th part of the ounce , was an Arabic measure of weight and can be counted as a small measure. It corresponded to the drachma and was widespread in Constantinople , Cyprus , Alexandria , Malta , Sicily and Genoa . The measure was the smaller unit with the different names Rottolo, Rottelo, Rotton, Rotte or Rottel . 96 darchini were in use 1 Rottolo.

  • 1 darchini = 10 danich = 4 grams
    • 1 danich = 0.4 grams

See also

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 55.
  • Joseph Johann von Littrow , Carl Ludwig von Littrow : JJ v. Litrow's comparison of the most excellent measures, weights and coins with those used in the Austrian imperial state. Beck, 1844, p. 63.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottfried Erich Rosenthal: Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobson's technological dictionary. Part 5, Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1793, p. 381.
  2. ^ Johann Georg Krünitz , Friedrich Jakob Floerken, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth, Carl Otto Hoffmann, Ludwig Kossarski: Economic Encyclopedia. Volume 128, Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1820, p. 49.