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Jeme, measure of length, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger of an extended hand. Legua (league), a unit of length. Toesas, unit of length equal to 66.72 inches (1.695 m) [8] Units of area Caballería, a unit of land measure in Cuba. Quiñón, a unit of land measure in the Philippines. Tahúlla, a unit of land measure in ...
The Spanish tonelada of volume was reckoned as 2 butts or pipes (botas or pipas) and equivalent to 968.2 liters or 255.8 gallons. [2]The Spanish tonelada of shipping capacity varied in size and method of computation over the years but scholars place the usual value for southern Spain from Columbus [3] through the Age of Exploration at about 1.42 m 3 or 50.1 cu. ft. [4] [b] This was the same as ...
This is a list of obsolete units of measurement, organized by type. ... Spanish, and Portuguese unit [3] Yojana – a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India ...
In Puerto Rico, the term cuerda (and "Spanish acre" [1]) refers to the unit of area measurement. [2] In Guatemala , cuerda is both a unit of length measurement as well as of area measurement. [ 1 ] As a unit of area measurement, the Guatemalan cuerda can have various meanings.
The legua or Spanish league was originally understood as equivalent to 3 millas (Spanish miles). [7] This varied depending on local standards for the pie (Spanish foot) and on the precision of measurement, but was officially equivalent to 4,180 metres (2.6 miles) before the legua was abolished by Philip II in 1568.
The quintal or centner is a historical unit of mass in many countries which is usually defined as 100 base units, such as pounds or kilograms. [1] It is a traditional unit of weight in France, Portugal, and Spain and their former colonies.
The unit is still used in Brazil by the agricultural sector, mainly in the cotton and cattle business. The modern metric arroba used in these countries in everyday life is defined as 15 kilograms (33 lb).
The Texas Land Survey System is often measured in Spanish Customary Units. The most important of these is the vara , which, while ambiguous in the past, was legally established to be exactly 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (846.67 mm) long in June 1919.