Chenica

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Chenica was a Persian unit of mass and volume. One Chenica corresponded to 816 grams and a volume of 1.32 liters .

Volume unit

• 1 Chenica = 1.32 liters
• 1 sextario = ¼ Chenica
• 1 capichas = 2 chenica
• 1 Sabbitha = 5 ½ Chenica
• 1 Colluthun = 6 ¼ Chenica
• 1 Legana = 30 Chenica
• 1 Artaba = 50 Chenica

Mass unit

• 1 chenica = 816 grams
• 1 Cyanthos = 1/24 Chenica
• 1 oxybaphone = 1/16 Chenica
• 1 cotyle = ¼ chenica
• 1 sixth = ½ chenica
• 1 maris = 2 chenica
• 1 chous = 3 chenica
• 1 hemiectus = 4 chenica
• 1 hectos = 1 mode = 8 chenica
• 1 meter = 36 chenica
• 1 medimnos = 48 chenica

literature

• Edward Wight Washburn : International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology. Volume 1, McGraw-Hill, New York / London 1926 pp. 10, 15.