Occa

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Occa (Pl. Oke, Ocche ), also written Ocka or Oka , was a measure of weight and capacity in Wallachia .

Weight measure

  • 1 liter ≈ 79 ⁄ 120 livre (Paris pound) ≈ 322 grams
  • 1 Occa = 4 Littre ≈ 2 19 ⁄ 30 Livre (Paris pounds) ≈ 1289 grams
  • 1 Kantar / cwt = 44 Occa = 176 Littre ≈ 1 119 / 750 Quintal (Paris Zentner) ≈ 56.72 kg

Measure of capacity

With the measure of capacity a distinction was made between the measure of grain and measure of liquid. When the grain measure was

  • 1 Occa ≈ 77.5 Parisian cubic inches ≈ 1.537 liters
  • 1 Dimerli = 16 Occa ≈ 1240 Parisian cubic inches ≈ 24.6 liters
  • 1 Mirza = 8 Dimerli = 128 Occa ≈ 9921 Parisian cubic inches ≈ 196.8 liters
  • 1 Kile = 2 Mira = 16 Dimerli = 256 Occa ≈ 19,842 Parisian cubic inches ≈ 393.6 liters

One calculated as a measure of liquid

  • 1 Occa ≈ 1.42 liters
  • 1 Viadra / Wiader or bucket (Wallachian bucket) = 10 Occa ≈ 716⅓ Parisian cubic inches ≈ 14.2 liters
  • 1 dimerli = 16 occa ≈ 22.72 liters

Remarks

  • Liter is not identical to the French salt and grain measure and liquid measure
  • There is a difference to the Turkish trade weight Okka .
  • The Occa in Dalmatia is different from that in Wallachia.

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 209.
  • Joseph Jäckel: Latest European coin, measure and weight. Carl Gerold Publishing House, Vienna 1828, Volume 1.
  • Carl Friedrich Schlegel: Textbook of civil and rural architecture. Heinsius'sche Buchhandlung, Gera / Leipzig 1852, 1st volume, p. 219.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships . Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 438.