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Aum (unit)

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Aum was a UK unit for hock; it was between 30 and 32 gallons.[1][2][3]

It is analogous to the Dutch measure of the same name.

Conversion

1 aum = 30-32 gallons [1]

1 aum = 0.136-0.145 m3[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cardarelli, François (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. London: Springer. pp. 46. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1. 
  2. Gyllenbok, Jan (2018-04-12) (in en). Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures. Birkhäuser. ISBN 9783319667126. https://books.google.com/books?id=IJJVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2410. 
  3. Jerrard, H. G. (2013-03-09) (in en). A Dictionary of Scientific Units: Including dimensionless numbers and scales. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789401705714. https://books.google.com/books?id=r2wyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177. 





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