Pisoth
Pisoth or Piseth was a measure of weight in Transylvania . Since it was one of the small measures of weight, it was used by the gold washers. It was 4.375 grams , which is ¼ lot or a quent according to Austrian measurements.
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 254
- Gottlob Heinrich Heinse: Encyclopedic dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all words from foreign languages that are accepted in German. Volume 6, Wilhelm Wedel, Zeitz / Naumburg 1803, p. 295
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Georg Krünitz , Friedrich Jakob Floerken, Heinrich Gustav Flörke , Johann Wilhelm David Korth, Carl Otto Hoffmann, Ludwig Kossarski: Economic Encyclopedia. Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1810