Gam (unit)

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Gam was a Persian measure of length. One calculated

  • 1 gam = 3 steps

One step was usually 0.75 meters.

literature

  • Gustav Adolph Jahn: Dictionary of applied mathematics: a manual for use. Volume 1, Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 487

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