Baruth (unit)

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Baruth was an Indian measure of weight.

1 baruth = 17 gantans = 50 to 56 pounds (French) of pepper about 25,194 grams = rounded 25.2 kilograms
- 1 pound = 16 ounces

The measure is consistent with about 51.46 French pounds of 489.5058 grams each and 17 gantans of 1482 grams.

literature

Johann Georg Krünitz, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Friedrich Jakob Floerke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth: Economic Encyclopedia or General System of the Land, House and State Economy. Volume 3, Verlag Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1774, p. 574.
Smaller Brockhaus'sches conversation lexicon for manual use. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1854, p. 392.