Mokuk (unit)

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The mokuk was a Syrian measure of weight and volume. It was used as a measure of fruit and grain .

In terms of weight, 1 mokuk was equal to 250 Rottoli or 569.85 kilograms , in terms of volume it was calculated as 42,200 Parisian cubic inches or 836.25 liters .

literature

  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 73.
  • Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 6.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 281.