Well (unit)

Well it was a Korean measure of length and was considered to be a measure of the feet . Depending on the region, the value fluctuated between 37 and 52 centimeters . According to Kahnt, Knorr one calculated with 52 centimeters.

• 1 Well = 10 Tchi ( inches ) = 100 Hpun ( lines )

literature

• Rudolf Sonndorfer: The technology of world trade: A handbook of international trade, etc. Volume 1, Alfred Hölder, Vienna 1905, p. 95.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Meyer's large conversation lexicon. Volume 19, Bibliographisches Institut, 1909, p. 580.
2. ↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old dimensions, coins and weights. Bibliographisches Institut, Berlin 1986, ISBN 978-3-41102-148-2 , p. 319.