Sock (unit)

Sock , also Soc , was a measure of length in Siam , an ancient kingdom that was absorbed into today's territories of Thailand , Cambodia and Laos as well as parts of Malaysia , Myanmar and Vietnam .

1 sock = 213 Paris lines = 12/25 meters = 0.48 meters
1 sock = ½ Kobida ( cubit )
80 Sock = 1 Sen / Ser
8000 Sock = 1 Roèning (corresponds to the mile )
4 socks = 1 voua ( fathoms ) = 852 Parisian lines

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. 318.

Individual evidence

↑ Heinrich August Pierer : Universal Lexikon, or Complete Encyclopedic Dictionary. Volume 21, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1835, p. 260.
↑ Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 391.

[1] Heinrich August Pierer : Universal Lexikon, or Complete Encyclopedic Dictionary. Volume 21, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1835, p. 260.

[2] Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 391.