Tsenak

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The Tsenak , Tschenack , was a measure of volume, weight and grain in Bulgaria and is considered a Turkish measure. In Sofia , wheat and corn were counted differently. Oats were weighed according to the Banitza.

Weight

  • Wheat 1 Tsenak = 14 to 18 Oken
  • Corn 1 tsenak = 15 oken (≈1.28 kilograms) = 1/6 kilo
  • Wheat and corn 1 tsenak = 38.5 pounds ( Prussia 1 P = 30 lot ) = 19250.385 grams

volume

  • Wheat and corn 1 tsenak = 22.564 liters

literature

  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : coin, measure and weight book. The money, measure and bills of exchange, the rates, government papers, banks, trading establishments and customs of all countries and more important places. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, p. 338.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values ​​and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 445.