Oitava
Oitava , also Ouatava, was a Portuguese measure of volume and corresponded to the eighth . Oitava was also used as a unit of mass ( measure of weight) for gold and silver.
Volume measure
- 1 oitava = 1.415 liters
The volume of 1.415 liters also had the Wiener Maß / Maas / Kanne (71.334 Parisian cubic inches )
Mass unit
- Gold and silver
- 1 Marco (Mark) = 8 Oncas = 64 Oitavas = 192 Scrupulos = 4608 Gröes = 229.5 grams
- 1 oitava ≈ 3.586 grams
- Medical weight
- 1 Libra = 8 Oncas = 64 Oitavas = 192 Scrupulos = 4608 Gröes = 344.25 grams
- 1 oitava ≈ 5.379 grams
- Commercial weight
- 1 Libra / Arratel / Artal = 2 Meios / Marco / Mark = 4 Quartos = 16 Oncas = 128 Oitavas = 459 grams
- 1 oitava ≈ 3.586 grams
- comparison
- 3/4 Libra (commercial weight) = 1 ½ Marcos
literature
- Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 263.
- Heinrich August Pierer : Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present: or the newest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades. Volume 3, HA Pierer publishing house, Altenburg 1857, p. 218.
Individual evidence
- ↑ For silver: The universal calculator for business transactions: Contains the conversion of coins, weights, etc. Dimensions of all countries in the world . Volume 1, Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1870, p. 2, 278.
- ↑ Peter Kurzweil: The Vieweg unit lexicon. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 978-3528069872 , p. 289.
- ^ W. Baumeister and FM Duttenhofer. Common handbook of the entire animal medicine in alphabetical order. Verlag der JB Metzlerschen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart 1844, p. 640.