Pyaterik

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Pyaterik (also peterik ) was a measure of weight in Russia . The measure means five funta / pound. Similar measurements were Dwoinik for two, Troinik for three Funta and for 10 it was Desjaterik . A pud was 40 pounds

  • 1 pjaterik = 5 pounds (Russian) = 2.045 kilograms
  • 8 pjaterik = 1 pud = 16.36 kilograms
  • 13 1/3 troinik = 1 pud, this means 1 troinik = 1.227 kilograms
  • 20 dwoinik = 1 pud, this means 1 dwoinik = 8.18 kilograms
  • 4 desjaterik = 1 pud from this follows 1 desjaterik = 1.636 kilograms

literature

  • Pierer 's Universal Lexicon. Volume 12. Altenburg 1861, p. 743.
  • Heinrich August Pierer : Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present: or the latest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and crafts. Volume 13, LW Schmidt and HA Pierer, New York / Altenburg 1861, p. 679.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anton Wach: Non-profit building advisor for all work and material calculations in the building sector. Verlag Friedrich Lempsky, Prague 1863, p. 431
  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. 258