Wag (unit)

Wag , scales , scales or Waggewicht was a unit of mass in different European regions. It was a so-called heavyweight.

Amiens

Here the measure was also called vague.

• 1 scale = 1 ¾ quintal = 175 pounds = 85,665 grams

Bruges

• 1 scale = 170 pounds = 79.980 grams

Nassau and Hildesheim

• 1 scale ( iron ) = 120 pounds = 55,990 grams

Saxony

• 1 scale (iron) = 44 pounds = 3741 ¾ grams

Netherlands

Here the measure was called Chariot and only as a middle name Wag or Wog. The measure was primarily a wool weight.

Sweden

• 1 wag of tin = 165 pounds = 69,850 grams

Denmark

Here the measure was weighed as the commercial weight and it counted

• 1 weigh = 3 Bismar pounds = 36 pounds (Danish) = 17,975 ½ grams

Examples

• 1 weight stockfish = 30 ¼ Bavarian. lb
• 1 load of ship freight = 70 Wag
• 1 scale of tin = 165 pounds
• 1 Wag glass = 2 boxes

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world . Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 33, 374.