Nowtauk

Nowtauk was a unit of mass (unit of weight) in Masulipatam , a city in the British Presidency of Madras on the coast of Coromandel in India. The measure was for cotton and metals such as copper and brass , but also for other weighable products.

1 Nowtauk = 2 Chataucks
8 Nowtauk = 1 Seer
Cotton 1 Nowtauk = 2.041 Lot ( Prussia 1 L. = 16.667 grams ) = 34.02 grams
Retail cotton 1 Nowtauk = 2.392 Lot = 39.87 grams
Copper and brass 1 Nowtauk = 1.913 Lot = 31.88 grams
Products and other metals 1 Nowtauk = 2.126 Lot = 35.43 grams

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. 274.

Individual evidence

↑ Patrick Kelly: The Universal Cambist and Commercial Instructor, Volume 1, published by the author, London 1835, p. 371.
↑ Patrick Kelly: Oriental Metrology: Comprising the Monies, Weights, and Measures of the East Indies, and Other Trading Places in Asia, Reduced to the English Standard by Verified Operations. Longman, Rees, Orme and Co., London 1832, p. 103.

[1] Patrick Kelly: The Universal Cambist and Commercial Instructor, Volume 1, published by the author, London 1835, p. 371.

[2] Patrick Kelly: Oriental Metrology: Comprising the Monies, Weights, and Measures of the East Indies, and Other Trading Places in Asia, Reduced to the English Standard by Verified Operations. Longman, Rees, Orme and Co., London 1832, p. 103.