Even though Prussia and Austria were neighbor countries and spoke the same language (German), weights and measures in these countries in 19th century were not the same. The base unit of weight in both of these countries was pfund. Pfund of Prussia was close to British pound, while Austrian pfund was 15% less. Both Prussia and Austria had a unit called zentner. Austrian zentner was equal to 100 pfunds, while Prussian zentner was 110 pfunds.

Finally both countries switched to metric system in 1870s. I believe it made trade relations between them a whole lot easier.

We have added Old Prussian and Old Austrian weight and length units to our Ancient and Historical conversion pages. Enjoy!

Have you even heard about Akbar I "the Great"? He was the third Mughal emperor in India in 16th century A.D. He ruled for almost 50 years and have built a great empire.

The part that is interesting for us though is about the measurement. Before Akbar there was no single consistent measurement in India. He introduced a uniform system based on barleycorn. The measures introduced by Akbar were used in India up to the adoption of the metric system in 1942.

We've added Indian (Akbar) measurements to our weight converter. Now you can easily convert from toläs to pounds or kilograms.