Gon (length measure)

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Gon , also Kwo or Quo , was a Vietnamese measure of length and cubit in Annam . The handelsthuok , from which the measure was determined, had a length of 52 to 64 centimeters , but was officially set at 0.6388 meters. In traffic, the measure was calculated to be up to a fifth smaller.

  • 1 gon = 300 thuok = 191.64 meters

literature

  • Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Volume 8, Leipzig 1907, p. 122.
  • Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon. Volume 1, Leipzig 1911, p. 698.