Ochava

The Ochava , also Octavo and Ochavo , was a Spanish measure of weight and meant eighth. In Spain and Paraguay the measure was the same.

As gold and silver weight, the conditions were:

• 1 Ochava = ⅛ Onza = 6 Tomines = 3.594 grams
• 1 Onza = 8 Ochavos = 0.02875581 kilograms
• 1 Ochava = 2 Ardames = 72 Granes = 3 3/5 grams

The measure is to be distinguished from the ochavo as a bill of exchange in Castile , Navarre and Morocco .

See also

• Adarme
• Tomine

literature

• R. Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting methods and time values. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 256.
• Johann Wilhelm von Müller: Travels in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Volume 3, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1865, p. 378.
• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 210