Angoolam

Angoolam , also Angli or Angali , was a small measure of length in India and was about the width of a thumb.

According to Helmut Kahnt and Bernd Knorr, the measure had these values:

• General: 1 Angoolam = 1.9 centimeters
• Bombay : 1 Angoolam = 1.4 centimeters
• Trivandrum : 1 Angoolam = 3.0 centimeters

According to William Tate:

• 1 Angoolam = 1 ¼ inch = 3.175 centimeters
• 24 Angoolam = 1 kole = 30 inches = 2 ½ feet

According to another source, the measure was one inch (2.54 centimeters) long.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon. Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographical Institute, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 978-3-41102-148-2 , p. 20.
2. ^ William Tate: Tate's Modern Cambist . E. Wilson publisher, London / New York 1929, p. 404.
3. ↑ A Calendar for 1840 adapted for the meridian of Trevandrum. 1839, p. 50.