Cadame
The cadame was a measure of length in Pondichery in French India . The dimensions are in French. Cadame is part of the route measure (mentioned as a route hour in the literature) Courosame. The measure was derived from one degree on the equator and so it was 8.91 Cadames or 26.72 Courosame.
- 1 Cadame = 3 Courosame = 6000 Vilcadés = 12.474 kilometers
literature
- For silver: The universal calculator for business transactions: Contains the conversion of coins, weights, etc. Dimensions of all countries in the world. Volume 1, Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 48.
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 964.