Ten (unit)

The ten was a grain measure in Rangoon . Another name was basket or basket. The measure was also used as a liquid measure and for various dry goods.

The dimensional chain for this measure was

1 Ten = 4 Saits with 2 Sarots (1 S. = 29.8 liters ) with 2 Pyis with 4 Sales with 2 Lames with 2 Lamyets = 238.4 liters
1 Ten = 4 Saits = 8 Sarots = 16 Pyis = 64 Sales = 128 Lames = 256 Lamyets
1 ten (husked rice) = 16 pehktha / wifs = 26.49 kilograms

literature

Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 416.
Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 304.

Individual evidence

↑ Georg Thomas Flügel: Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Ed. LF Huber, Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 223.
↑ Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights, along with details of the trading venues and their accounting conditions. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, pp. 378, 428.

[1] Georg Thomas Flügel: Course slip continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. Ed. LF Huber, Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 223.

[2] Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights, along with details of the trading venues and their accounting conditions. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, pp. 378, 428.