Maik (unit)

The Maik , also Mehk , was a Thai measure of length in Rangoon , a city in Burma, today's Myanmar .

1 Maik = ¼ Toung = 8 Trhit / finger widths = 16.171 centimeters (other source = 0.14 meters )

literature

Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 232.
Christian Gottfried Daniel Stein: Handbook of geography and statistics for the educated classes. Volume 2, part 3, JC Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1864, p. 469.