Okaw
The okaw , or kad for short, was a large Russian measure of volume and was used as a measure of weight in trade. The measure was soon abolished as it proved unsuitable in practice. The okaw is divided into half and quarter okaw.
- 1 okaw = 4 chet value
Derived from the large grain district Tschetwert with the values as volume measure
- 1 chet value = 10,573.65 Parisian cubic inches = 2.099 hectoliters
When trading in grain, the Cheet value was calculated according to Russian pounds
- 1 Cheet value of wheat = 380 pounds (Russian)
- 1 Tschetwert rye = 354 pounds (Russian)
- 1 Cheet value barley = 290 pounds (Russian)
- 1 Cheet value oats = 240 pounds (Russian)
- 1 okaw = 32 puds for rye, about 524 kilograms (1 pud assumed to be 16.38 kg)
literature
- Association of Scholars and Practical Merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for business people in general. Part 5, Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1848, p. 531.
- Karl Rumler: Overview of the measures, weights and currencies of the most excellent countries. Verlag Jasper, Hügel u. Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 2.
- Carl Günther Ludovici , Johann Christian Schedel: Newly opened Academy of Merchants, or encyclopedic merchant lexicon Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig 1800, p. 1142.
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Storch: Historical-statistical painting of the Russian Empire at the end of the eighteenth century. Volume 4, Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, Leipzig 1800, p. 78.
- ↑ Johann Gottlieb Georgi: Geographical, physical and natural history description of the Russian Empire. Volume 1, Friedrich Nicolovius, Königsberg 1797, p. 28.