Baruth (unit)
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.