Phan (unit)

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Phan was a measure in the Annam region , which is now counted to Vietnam . The measure was a length measure and a unit of mass.

Length measure

  • 1 Phan = 10 Li = 4.88 millimeters (exactly = 4.8726 millimeters)
  • 10 Phan = 1 Tac / Tsun

That was also possible:

  • 10 Phan = 1 Tac = 0.64968 meters

Mass unit

  • 1 Phan = 10 Li = 3905 grams
  • 10 Phan = 1 Dong / Tsien

literature

  • Adolf Bastian: Journey through Cambodia to Cochinchina; The Voelcker of Eastern Asia: Studies and Travel. Volume 4, Hermann Costenoble, Jena 1868, p. 427.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Kurzwell: The Vieweg unit lexicon. Friedrich Vieweg and Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-528-06987-2 , p. 304.