A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.268
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.268
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The Kudava in current medical practice is supposed to represent a cubical vessel, each side being 4 Angulis. This would give a capacity of 27 cubic inches, if we take the modern cubit of 18 inches The Kavirājas take a Kudava to contain 8 Palas of water, and as 1 Pala = 320 Krishnalas, and 80 Krishnalas are now taken to be equal to 210 grains Troy, a vessel of a capacity of 27 cubic inches is accordingly supposed to contain about 6720 grains Troy,—which is not very wide of the mark, being about 1·3 per cent. short for distilled water at 62° Fahrenheit.