Part (unit)
The part was an English measure of length and part of the English foot . The measure belonged to the small measures. Another use of the unit of measure was for a unit of mass in Puducherry .
Length measure
- 1 part = 1 2/5 Parisian lines = 3 millimeters = 0.3175 centimeters
The measure was also called a graduation and thus corresponded
- 8 Parts = 1 inch ( inch )
- 24 parts = 1 palm
- 32 parts = 1 hand
- 72 parts = 1 clamping
- 96 Parts = 1 foot ( feet )
Mass unit
Part was also a mass unit in Puducherry and a so-called trial weight. A distinction was made between the weight for gold and silver . The basis here is the duty pound of 30 Lot . Around a lot of 16.667 grams can be used.
- Gold: 1 Part = 0.0016 Lot = 0.02667 grams (err.)
- Silver: 1 Part = 0.0020396 Lot = 0.03399 grams (err.)
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 228.
- Silver: The coins, measurements and weights of all countries in the world are calculated individually according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measurements and weights, along with details of the trading venues and their billing ratios. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, pp. 295, 479.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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, along with details of the trading venues and their accounting conditions. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 295.