Baat
The baat , also tikal , was a Siamese measure of weight and also a silver coin. According to the French mark weight , it allowed the following relationships
- 1 Baat = 3 Gros, 2 Denier, 20 Gran = 284 Grän
- 1 Baat = 8462 Reichspfennigteile (Cologne Mark) => 1 ounce ≈ 15 to 16 grams
- 40 Baat = 1 Katti / Kätti
literature
- JH Kaltschmidt: The latest and most complete foreign dictionary to explain all words and expressions borrowed from foreign languages. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, p. 95.
- Ludwig Julius Friedrich Höpfner: German encyclopedia or general real dictionary of all arts and sciences. Volume 2, Varrentrapp Sohn and Wenner, Frankfurt / Main 1779, p. 640.
- Christian Gottfried Daniel Stein: Handbook of geography and statistics for the educated classes. Volume 2 Part 3, JE Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1864, p. 452.