Vassa (unit)

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Vassa , also Wassa , was a unit of mass (measure of weight) in Delhi and Surate, the former district capital in the British-Indian Presidency of Bombay . The measure was a pearl weight .

  • 1 Vassa = 0.003791 Lot (Prussia = 16.667 grams ) = 0.06332 grams (calculate)

The dimensional chain was

  • 1 tank = 24 rutters = 480 vassas = 30.32575 grams

literature

  • 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. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 467.
  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 463.