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THAI UNITS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
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| Approximately equal to:
MEASURE OF LENGTH: |
| British | Metric
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1 kabiet | 3/16 inch | 5 millimeters
4 kabiet = 1 nieu | 3/4 inch | 2 centimeters
12 nieu = 1 keub | 10 inches | 25 centimeters
2 keub = 1 sawk | 1 ft. 7 1/2 ins. | 50 centimeters
4 sawk = 1 wah | 6 ft. 6 1/4 ins. | 2 meters
20 wah = 1 sen | 44 yards | 40 meters
400 sen = 1 yote | 10 miles | 16 kilometers
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MEASURE OF SURFACE: | British | Metric
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1 sq. wah | 4.78 sq.yards | 4 sq. meters
100 sq. wah = 1 ngan | 478 sq. yards | 400 sq. meters
4 ngan = 1 rai(1 sq.sen) | 2/5 acre | 1,600 sq. meters
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MEASURE OF CAPACITY: | British | Metric
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1 standard tanan | | 1 litre
20 standard tanan=1 standard sat | | 20 litres
50 standard sat = 1 standard ban | | 1,000 litres
2 standard ban=1 standard kwien | | 2,000 litres
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PADDY AND RICE MEASURE: | British | Metric
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1 coyan = 16 pikuls paddy | 2,133 1/3 lbs. | 968 kilograms
1 coyan = 22 pikuls cargo rice | 1.31 tons | 1,330 kilograms
1 kwien = 23 pikuls white rice | 1.37 tons | 1,391 kilograms
The rice miller's kwien is:- | |
82 baskets of 40 lbs. each | |
= 24 pikuls | 1.46 tons | 1,488 kilograms
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WEIGHT: | British | Metric
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1 baht (tical) | 1/2 oz.(AVDP) | 15 grams
4 baht = 1 tamlung | 2 1/10 oz. (AVDP) | 60 grams
20 tamlung = 1 chang (kati) | 2 5/8 lbs. (AVDP) | 1.2 kilograms
50 chang = 1 hap (pikul) | 133 1/3 lbs.(AVDP) | 60 kilograms
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