Pan (unit)

Pan was a French measure of length and was widespread in southern France, especially in Nice and Marseille . The pan, which stood for foot , was 12 pollici / inch long.

General Information

1 pan = 110 1/5 Parisian lines = 248 millimeters
8 pans = 1 canna

Nice

1 pan = 12 pollici (inches) = 117.074 Parisian lines = 264.1 millimeters
12 pans = 1 trabucco

Marseille

1 pan = 111.528 Paris lines = 251.59 millimeters

Corsica

1 pan = 110.9 Parisian lines = 250.1715 millimeters

Toulouse

14 pan = 1 perche / rod

literature

Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 362.

Individual evidence

↑ M. Mendelssohn: Handbook of coin, measure and weight, taking into account the new coin and weight system, with detailed reduction tables. Horvarth'sche Buchhandlung, Potsdam 1859, p. 215.
^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 226.
^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 757.
^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 646.

[1] M. Mendelssohn: Handbook of coin, measure and weight, taking into account the new coin and weight system, with detailed reduction tables. Horvarth'sche Buchhandlung, Potsdam 1859, p. 215.

[2] Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 226.

[3] Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 757.

[4] Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 646.