Goelack

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The goelack , also known as gulack, was a unit of mass and a measure of weight suitable for pepper in Sumatra .

  • 1 goelack = 1 ¼ catti or 1 ½ pounds
  • 1 Goelack = 0.769 kilograms
  • 1000 Goelack = 12 ½ Picol / Picul = 1250 Catjes

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1202
  2. ^ Pierer's Universal Lexikon, Volume 7. Altenburg 1859, p. 440.
  3. ^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 462