Buncal
Buncal , also called Boncal, was an Indian gold and silver weight in Singapore , on the Prince of Wales Islands . As a trade weight in Sumatra , it was only a dependent measure of the Bahār with 4000 units and 48 grams .
Gold and silver weight
- 1 Buncal = 16 Mians / Miams / Meams = 192 Sagas = 45 3/8 grams
Commercial weight
- 20 Buncal = 1 Catti / Katti = 960.34
- 1 Buncal = 5 Tals = 10 Pagodas = 80 Measure = 320 Copang = 48 grams
- 20 Buncal = 1 catti
- 4000 Buncal = 1 Bahar = 48 grams
literature
- August Schiebe : Universal encyclopedia of commercial science, containing: coin, measure and weight, bills of exchange, government paper, banking and stock exchange; the most important of higher arithmetic […]. Volume 2, Friedrich Fleischer and the Schumann brothers, Leipzig / Zwickau 1838, p. 645.
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 29.
- Jurendes Patriotic Pilgrim: Business and Entertainment Book . Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 353.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich August Pierer : Universal Lexicon of the Present and Past or the latest encyclopedic dictionary of the sciences, arts and trades. Volume 31, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1845, p. 8