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1. On the Turkish Weights and Measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2015

Edward Sang Esq.
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In this paper a short account was given of the comparison of the oka with the imperial grain weight, and of the arsheen with the inch.

The oka was stated to be 19,807 grains, so that 18 cantar of 44 oka each make one ton one pound.

The length of the arsheen was determined by comparison with the ebony standard of Sultan Selim.

The extreme length, as obtained by contact, was 29·890 inches, but the ends had evidently been tampered with; on that account the divisions of the rod were referred to; these gave results varying from 29·944 to 29·949, and therefore the mean, 29,946 inches, may be taken as the true length of the Turkish arsheen.

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Proceedings 1854-55
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 3 , 1857 , pp. 349
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857

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