Barotti

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Barotti was intended as a measure of weight for the carnation trade on the Moluccas with the islands of Amboina , Batavia and Ternate . For other goods, such as rice , the coyang , pikol or katti were intended.

  • 1 Bahar / Baar / Bhaar = 50 Barotti

The Bahar had 270.692 kilograms , which is calculated for the Barotti about 5.41 kilograms.

literature

  • Georg Thomas Flügel: Course list continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Publisher LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, pp. 32, 294.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 62.
  2. ↑ Johann Michael Leuchs: Der Kontorwissenschaft 3rd part: The complete money, coin, measure and weight. Volume 3, Verlag E. Leuchs and Komp., Nuremberg 1834, p. 30.