Chattauck

Chattauck was a small unit of mass (measure of weight) in Masulipatam , a city in the British Presidency of Madras on the Coromandel coast in the Indian suburbs. The measure was adapted to the goods.

Retail 1 Chattauck = 1.196 Lot ( Prussia = 16.667 grams ) = 19.934 grams (1 Maund = 12.75728 kilograms )
Cotton 1 chattauck = 1.02 lot = 17,000 grams (1 Maund = 10.8862 kilograms)
Brass , copper 1 Chattauck = 0.9586 Lot = 15.977 grams (1 Maund = 10.2058 kilograms)
Products, metals 1 Chattauck = 1.063 Lot = 17.717 grams (1 Maund = 11.3398 kilograms)

The dimensional chain was

1 Kändi / Candy = 20 Maunds = 800 Seers / Sihrs = 6400 Nowtauks = 12800 Chataucks

literature

Association of scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 4, Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1850, p. 87.
Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 67.

Individual evidence

↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate ratios of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 300.

[1] Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate ratios of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 300.