Juta (unit)
The Juta , only Jut was a measure of length in the Kingdom of Siam . It is comparable in size to a mile .
- 1 juta = 100 sen = 2000 threads = 8000 cubits / cobits = 16,000 spans = 192,000 finger widths = about 3900 meters
The thread was the determining and more common measure. It could be divided into halves and quarters, etc.
- 1 thread = 6.5 feet = 878 Paris lines = 1.95 meters
literature
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 81.