Mangalis

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The Mangalis was a small East Indian measure of weight. He is to be distinguished from Mangelin . The measure was only taken for weighing diamonds . Other gemstones, such as emeralds , were weighed according to the catis .

  • 1 mangalis = 5 grains
  • 1 Catis = 3 grains

The Mangelin was also a small measure in the East Indian regions. The measure was used in the mines for diamonds. It was true

  • 1 mangelin = 7 grains

literature

  • Smaller conversation lexicon: or, auxiliary dictionary . Volume 3, Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, Leipzig 1814, p. 23.
  • Johann Georg Krünitz, Friedrich Jakob Floerken and others: Economic encyclopedia. Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1778. online