Takar

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Takar , also Takkar , was a unit of volume for oil in Batavia (Dutch East Indies) and Java and was shaped by Dutch. The Indonesian system of measurement was converted to the metric system in 1923 and adjusted again in 1938.

  • Batavia: 1 takar = 17 cans (more rarely 18 cans) = 170 Mutsjes (hats) = 25.770 liters

Side consideration Batavia:

    • 1 pint = 0.0758 liters
    • 1 Mutsjes = 2 pints = 0.1516 liters
    • 1 kit = 4 Koelak = 10 cans = 15.159 liters
  • Java: 1 takar = 25 pitchers = 250 mutsjes
    • East coast of Java: 1 takar = 1 ¾ to 3 ½ cans

literature

  • Geological Society in Vienna: Treatises of the Geographical Society in Vienna. Volume 6, Verlag R. Lechner (W. Müller), Vienna 1907, p. 116.
  • MRB Gerhardt: General Contorist or most recent and present times, usually coin, measure and weight constitution. Volume 2, Arnold Weber, Berlin 1792, p. 32.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ François Cardarelli: Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Volume 1, Springer Science & Business Media, 2012, ISBN 978-1-44710-003-4 , section 3.5.2.4.11.