Rattel (unit)
The (the) rattel , also Putur , was a measure of weight in Basra and Travancore , in the Indian suburbs in today's state of Kerala , a province of the former Madras presidency . The measure applied to retail and was the so-called pound . Different weights despite having the same name characterize the pound measurement.
Rattle
- Pepper 1 rattel / putur = 454 grams
- Coffee 1 rattle = 14 ½ vakia / ounce
- Dates , lights and irons 1 rattel = 16 vakia
- Other goods 1 rattle = 15 vakia
- 1 rattel = 89 31/32 Köllandschih = 1799 3/8 Mönndschandi
- 1 Köllandschih = 5 1/18 grams
- 25 rattles = 1 Maund = 11.35 kilograms
- 500 rattles = 1 candy = 227 kilograms
Putur
Was weighed according to this measure, was
- Pepper 1 putur / rattel = 451 7/9 grams
- 20 putur = 1 candy = 271 kilograms
- 1 Putur = 89 1/4 Köllandschih = 1785 Mönndschandi
- 1 Köllandschih = 5 1/18 grams
literature
- Hermann Julius Meyer: The large conversation lexicon for the educated classes: Supplement. Printing and publishing of the Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen 1853, p. 168.
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1243.