Dan (unit)

Dan ( Chinese  石 , Pinyin dàn , Jyutping daam ³ ) was a Chinese measure of volume and grain and also a Mongolian measure of volume.

China

• 1 Dan = 12,070 Parisian cubic inches = 239 3/25 liters

Mongolia

• 1 Dan = 165 liters

See also

• Old weights and measures (China)
• Table of Chinese units of measurement of different dynasties

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 54.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Term "dan .: 石 - shí / dàn " (Chinese): [1] , on zdic.net, accessed on July 5, 2018 - online
2. ↑ Peter Kurzweil: The Vieweg unit lexicon. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 2000; P. 92, ISBN 3528169877 .