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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
$0.0095 $0.019
SIAMESE
MONEY
2 Solot 2 Atts
or 1 Att
4 Sálings
or 1 Pai
4 Bäta
or 1 Bät orTical or 1 Tämlü'ng
$0.60
$2.40
2 Pais
or 1 Seek
$0 038
20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng
$48.00
2 Seeks
or 1 Fu'ang
$0.076
50 Ch❜ängs
or 1 Hip
$2,400.00
2 Fu'ang
or 1 Sálü'ng
$0.150
100 Häps
or 1 Tära
-$240,000.00
WEIGHTS
The standard of weight being the coin of the country, weights are designated by the same terms. A Tical weighs 236 grains troy.
The Siamese standard of weight is just double that of the Chinese, and goods are bought and sold in Bangkok more by the Chinese than the Siamese standard,
LONG MEASURE
1 Niw
12 Niws
make
1 K't'p
inch
9) incbes
2 K'ú'ps
make
1 Sawk
19 inches
4 Säwks
make
1 Wali
20 Wabs
make
1 Sën
400 Söng
inake
1 Yot
78 inches 130 feet
91 statute miles
Note.-Timber is bought by the Yok, which is 64 Säwk in length by 1 Säwk in width or 36,864 Siamese inches, being equivalent to 169 square feet.
DRY MEASURE
1 pints 25 Tänans
1 Tinan...
make 1 Sat
20 Tänans make 1 Táng
-
15 pints 100 Tángs or 80 Sat make 1 Keean (Coyan.) A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 33} 1lbs. avoirdupois.
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