Ken (unit)

Ken was a Siamese measure of length and corresponded to the cubit . The measure is considered indeterminate, since the distance between the elbow and the furthest side of the hand always applied in practice. It was more of a control measure because it was only used when dividing pieces of fabric . One traded in pieces and avoided division. Still the measure was about

• 1 Ken = 426 Parisian lines = 24/25 millimeters = 961 millimeters

In the dimensional chain of the mile, the Roeneng , was

• 1 Roeneng = 25 Iods = 100 Sen = 2000 Vouah / Roua = 4000 Ken = 8000 Sock = 16,000 Keub = 192,000 Niou / Niuh

Japanese Ken

Ken was also a Japanese measure of length.

• 1 ken = 6 shaku / shaku ( feet ) = 1.8181 meters

literature

• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 136, 280.
• Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1854, p. 152.
• Barbara Haschke, Gothild Thomas: Small lexicon of German words of Japanese origin. CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-40656-813-8 , p. 100.