Amat (unit)
The Amat was a measure of weight in Batavia . According to this measure, not only rice and other dry fruits were measured, but also liquids. The latter was sold by weight. It was a smaller unit next to the coyan with 27 picols and a weight of 1661.099 kilograms and the timban with 5 picols.
- 1 amat = 2 pekuls = 20 cattis = 123½ kilograms (about 225 inch pounds )
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse publishing house, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830.
- Smaller Brockhaus'sches conversation lexicon for manual use. Volume 1, Brockhaus, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1854.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 290.