Dutch ace

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The Dutch ace is a unit of mass or weight that used to be widespread in northwestern Europe and corresponds to about 0.0481 grams.

Just as the unit of weight of the Cologne mark was divided into 4020 Cologne As, the Dutch Troy Mark was divided into 5120 Dutch As. Since there are exactly two Troy marks for one Troy pound , this 10,240 Dutch As counts . 20 4/5 As make one gram; d. H. an ace is about 0.0481 g.

Comparative values

In () the old kingdoms or other forms of government around 1857 and source are meant

See also

For other weight and mass units with the designation As , see As (unit) .

swell

  • Herder's Conversations Lexicon. 1st edition 1854-1857, Volume 1 (1854).

Individual evidence

  1. Herder (1854), p. 279
  2. ^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of all trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 1, Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 92.