Etto (unit)
The Etto was an East Indian measure of length in Sumatra and had the European name Achemer Elle . This cubit was the length of the forearm plus the hand.
- 1 Etto = 210 ¾ Parisian lines = 481 millimeters = 207 Parisian lines
- 100 Achem cubits = 67 Brabant cubits
- 2 Jankal = 1 Etto; 2 Etto = 1 Hailoh ; 4 Hailoh = 1 Tung ; 1 tung = 4 yards , or 12 feet
- 1 Deppo / Depoh = 2 Hailohs = 4 Etto / Esto = 762 Paris lines = 2 yards
* Note : The difference in the invoice from the Deppo to the Etto is currently (as of 2012) cannot be explained: 762 Paris lines / 4 Etto is 190.5 PL, but should be at least. 207 PL, i.e. 37.2 mm.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Johann F. Lange, Moses Israel: Overview and calculation of all coins, cubits and trade weights from all parts of the world. Heinrich Gräff, Leipzig 1804, p. 663
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 85
- ↑ Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's General Pocket Book of Coin, Measure and Weight. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 6
- ^ Frank Wigglesworth Clarke : Weights and measures; Money . D. Appleton & Company, New York 1891, p. 117 (English, archive.org ).
- ^ Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 1. Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, p. 16
- ↑ August Schiebe : Universal encyclopedia of commercial science: containing: coin, measure and weight ... , Volume 3. Friedrich Fleischer Leipzig and the Schumann Brothers Zwickau 1839, p. 280