Deppo
The (der) Deppo was an East Indian measure of length on the island of Sumatra . It was next to the East Indian cubit , the Etto with 210 ¾ Parisian lines (other source 207 Parisian lines) = 481 millimeters , the foot Cakih , the span Janca and the finger Tscharry as an inch , the fathom . In a travel description it says next to these measurements and their representations on the human body: " The Deppo, or the fathoms, is the length of the outstretched arms from one fingertip to the other. " The length measure was about 6 hamburger feet (0.286 meters ) which corresponded to 762 Paris lines. That works out to around 1.7182 meters.
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world…. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 85.
- Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 6.
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade science for merchants and manufacturers: Volume 2. Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 16.
- ^ August Mylius: Collection of the best and newest travelogues. August Mylius, Berlin 1788, Volume 4, p. 361.