Tussoo

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Tussoo (pronunciation. Tössū) was an East Indian measure of length in Bombay at the time of British sovereignty. It corresponded to the customs and was a basic measure there.

1 tussoo = 1/16 hath
1 Tussoo = 1/24 Göß / Guz
1 tussoo = 12.6669 Parisian lines = 2.857 centimeters

literature

Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon. Volume 19. Leipzig 1909, p. 842.
Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 92.