Tan (unit)
The tan was a measure of area in the Japanese Shakkanhō system of measures, in Russian Armenia and in the Taurian Governorate . In China it was a grain measure .
- Armenia 1 Tan / Tachta = ½ Biljuk / Kaitüm = 54.625 ares
- 1 Tan / Tachta / Jarimtscha = ½ Dessjatine (Russian) = 54 ⅝ Ar
- Japan 1 Tan (pronounced Ittan ) = 300 Tsubo (300 square Ken rice field) = 9.92 ares
- 1 Chō (pronounced Itt'chō ) = 10 Tan = 100 Se = 3000 square ken
In China it was a measure of grain, (擔as weight dàn, W.-G .: Tan, Simplified .:担) about the amount that a man by carrying bar can lift. It was called Picul by foreign traders . Standardized in the outgoing Empire as 100 catties (斤 jīn, W.-G: chin ) of 16 tael each , the unit in Hong Kong was defined by Ordinance No. 22 of 1844 as 133 ⅓ engl. pound, almost 60 ½ kilograms.
- 1 Let = 122.43 liters
literature
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 379.
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Anton Fedor Konstantin Possart: The Russian Empire. Volume 1, Literatur-Kontor, Stuttgart 1840, p. 357
- ↑ Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and relationships to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 15, 426.