Oertchen

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The Oertchen was a German trading weight in the Kingdom of Hanover . It was also called quarter quartet .

The dimensional chain was

  • 1 Mark = 8 ounces = 16 Loth = 64 Quent = 256 Oertchen = 244 7/9 grams
  • 1 oertchen = 10/11 grams
  • 1 quent = 4 places
  • 1 lot = 16 places
  • 1 ounce = 32 oertchen
  • 1 pound = 512 oktchen
  • The bill of exchange in East Friesland was 3 Oertchen equal to 1 Groot / Grote and 1 Oertchen = 270 Witten.

literature

  • Moses Heinemann: The well-trained clerk and businessman. Verlag Wilhelm Schüppel, Berlin 1834, p. 210
  • Johann Baptist Eckl: Applied arithmetic for use in Latin and secondary schools. JJ Lentner'sche Buchhandlung, Munich 1861, p. 240.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustav Adolph Jahn: Dictionary of applied mathematics: a manual for use. Volume 1, Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 132.
  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. 210.
  3. ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 374.