Lan (unit)

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The Lan , also Länn, was a measure of length in Rangoon , a city in Burma, today's Myanmar . Lan was considered a fathom measure.

  • 1 Lan = 4 Taongs = 8 Thwas = 12 Maiks = 48 Mujahs = 1.94052 meters (calculated)
  • 1 Taong / Elle = 215.057 Paris Lines = 0.48513 meters

literature

  • Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. BG Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 303.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values ​​and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 200.