Cohi

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Cohi was a measure of weight in Siam , today's Myanmar, and was primarily used as a measure of grain and as a measure for pulses .

  • 1 Cohi = 40 Sestes = 1600 Sats / Set = 4000 Catti = 5000 pounds French. Market weight
  • 1 set = 40 sat / set = 125 pounds french Market weight
  • 1 satellite / set => 3 pounds French Market weight

literature

  • Heinrich August Pierer: Universal Lexikon, or Complete Encyclopedic Dictionary. Volume 5, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1835, p. 461.
  • Johann Theodor Jablonski, Johann Joachim Schwabe: General Lexicon of Arts and Sciences, or clear description of the realm of nature, the heavens and heavenly bodies, the air, the earth, along with the known plants, animals, stones and ores, the sea and of the creatures living in it. Volume 1, Zeisen's widow and Hartung's heirs, Königsberg / Leipzig 1767, p. 315.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, pp. 313, 314.