Binh

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The binh was a mass unit in Annam , a region of Southeast Asia . Today the greater part of this region belongs to Vietnam .

  • 1 binh = 50 barges = 32.24 kilograms
    • 1 boat (pound) = 16 Lüong = 160 Dong = 624.8 grams

literature

  • Pierer's Universal Lexicon of the Past and Present or the newest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and crafts. Volume 2, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1857, p. 799.
  • R. Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting methods and time sizes. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 32.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Author collective: Meyers Konversationslexikon. Volume 9, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 363.