Guz (unit)
Das (der) Guz (pronunciation: [ ɡaz ]), also referred to as Gös , was the large cubit and an old East Indian measure of length. The measure also applied in British Bengal . Two lengths were distinguished from the Guz: the long and the short Guz. The short guz was also called guz bozar . The small cubit of the guz was called Covid / Covit / Cobodo and had a length in this region of about 469 millimeters . In comparison, the conditions were as follows:
- 1 Guz in Calcutta was equivalent to 1 ⅓ Guz in Bombay or 2 Cubids in Madras .
- 1 guz bozar = 315 1/5 Parisian lines = 28 inches = 711 millimeters
- 1 guz long = 317.5 Parisian lines = 28 1/5 inch = 716 millimeters
The measure was not used in wholesale. Here the yard was decisive.
- 1 Guz = 24 Tussoo = ⅔ Yard = 270.228 Paris Lines (304.007 Paris Lines)
In Arab areas, such as Mocha , the following applied:
- 1 guz = 281.49 Paris lines
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 121.
- Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863.
- Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. J. Hölscher publishing house, Koblenz 1862.
- Georg Thomas Flügel: Course list continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Editor: LF Huber. Verlag der Jägerschen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and the bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 73.