Tuckea

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Tuckea was an Arabic measure of weight. The Yemeni city of al Mukha , also known as the Mokka coffee trading center, was the center for customization.

  • 1 tuckea = 32.732 grams
  • 10 Tuckea = 1 Coffila ‖ *
  • 40 Tuckea = 1 man
  • 10 Man = 1 rattle
  • 15 trassels = 1 bahar
  • 1 Trassel = 23 19/50 pounds (Wiener = 560 grams) = 13.092.8 grams = 13.0928 kilograms

‖ * Cannot be logically assigned with numbers

literature

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  • Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobsson: Technological dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all useful mechanical arts, manufactures, factories and craftsmen. Volume 4, Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1784, p. 425
  • Carl Günther Ludovici: Opened academy of the merchants, or complete merchant lexicon. Volume 5, Verlag Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf and Son, Leipzig 1768, p. VIII