Tschan (unit)

The Tschan was a measure of length in the Chinese canton . It was considered a rod measure and referred to the unit foot (also called kovid, covid or cobre), with five different foot lengths from around 150 to 166.75 Parisian lines being known.

1 Tschan = 10 feet / Kovid / Kobre / Covidi = 3.1972 meters
180 Tschan = 1 Li = 575.5 meters

literature

Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1849, p. 397.

Individual evidence

↑ Natural history and chemical-technical notes based on the latest experience in practical applications for trade, factories and agriculture. Volume 13, General Dt. Verlag-Anst., Berlin 1860, p. 292.
↑ OA Ziurek: Technological tables and notes for the use in Fabriken-, commercial, industrial and agricultural transport. Friedrich Vieweg and Son, Braunschweig 1863, p. 183.

[1] Natural history and chemical-technical notes based on the latest experience in practical applications for trade, factories and agriculture. Volume 13, General Dt. Verlag-Anst., Berlin 1860, p. 292.

[2] OA Ziurek: Technological tables and notes for the use in Fabriken-, commercial, industrial and agricultural transport. Friedrich Vieweg and Son, Braunschweig 1863, p. 183.