Coyang

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The (the) Coyang , Kojang , Dutch Koijan, also just Cojan , was a measure of volume and weight. It was regionally different in size, use and the associated smaller dimensions (dimensional chains). If you compare the rice coyang with 45 picul and the salt coyang with 63 picul in Calcutta or Penang , the difference becomes clear. The picul is the Chinese one.

Measure of salt

  • Sumatra ( Padang ) 1 Coyang = 50 measure = 1845.629 kilograms (1845.62895)
    • 1 measure = 36.9126 kilograms
  • Ark 1 Coyang = 80 Pera = 2000 Punis / bamboo
    • 1 Bambu / Puni = 1.662 kilograms or 1 ⅔ liter

Commercial weight

  • Palembang 1 Coyang = 80 balys = 800 gantons = 1845 kilograms
    • 1 baly = 36.9 kilograms

Grain and liquid measure

  • Natal 1 Coyang = 80 Tubs (66.02 liters) = 800 Sukats = 9600 Packhas = 5281.6 liters
    • 1 packha = 0.550166 liters
  • Ark 1 Coyang = 10 Göntschas = 100 Nellis = 800 bamboo / bamboos
    • 1 Bambu = 1.662 kilograms or 1 ⅔ liter
  • Benkulen 1 Coyang = 800 Kulahs = 3303 liters
  • Moluccas 1 coyang = 25 picols = 1476.5 kilograms ( rice )
  • Semarang 1 coyang = 28 picols = bantam = 64 picols = 200 gantangs = 3937 kilograms
  • Batavia 1 Coyang 27 picols = 1661 kilograms
  • Cirebon , Surabaya ( Java ) 1 coyang = 30 picols = 1845.63 kilograms
  • Pulau Pinang 1 Coyang = 800 Gantang = 3561 liters
  • Sumatra Guncha / Göntscha = 1/10 Coyang = 133 liters
  • Sumatra Guncha / Göntscha = 1/10 Coyang = 129.6 kilograms (rice)

literature

  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight . Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1854, pp. 72, 462
  • Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Volume 11, Leipzig 1907, p. 249
  • Brockhaus Small Conversation Lexicon. Volume 1, Leipzig 1911, pp. 736, 1013

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The coins, measures, weights, the usages in the trade in goods, bills of exchange, government paper and shares in all states and trading centers on earth. Volume 12, J. Maier, 1870.
  2. ↑ Wilhelm Hoffmann: General encyclopedia for merchants, manufacturers, business people, or a complete dictionary on trade, factories, manufactories, arts, etc. Business. Volume 2, Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1848 p. 326.