Cawney
The Cawney , also Kahni, was an East Indian square measure and was valid in Madras . Different dimensional chains distinguished the measure.
- 1 Cawney = 40 Biggas = 800 Cottas / Cottah = 12,800 Cattaks
- 1 Cawney = 40 biggas = 54.32 square meters
- 1 Chattaks = 5 covits long by 4 covits wide.
The covit , which was the mile in East India and the Chinese canton, was valid in Madras, Bombay and Calcutta with these dimensions. It was the basis for the area measure.
- 1 Covit = 202 13/20 Paris lines = 0.456 meters
In other regions it deviated from this and was, for example, in Camboja = 0.63 meters, on the island of Amboina it was = 0.464 meters and in the Chinese canton it was = 0.37 meters.
The Cawney / Kahni was also divided that way
- 1 Cawney = 24 Maunies / Mahnis / Grounds = 53.5104 Ar
See also
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world…. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 21, 42.
- Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 256.
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios…. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 586.
- ↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 297.