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In Texas, a vara was defined as 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (846.67 mm), or 1 yard = 1.08 vara. [citation needed] The vara and the corresponding unit of area, the square vara, were introduced in the 19th century to measure Spanish land grants. Stephen F. Austin's early surveying contracts required that he use the vara as a standard unit.
To measure length several units were used. Legally, one vara is equal to 0.836 m. [1] Some of the units and their legal values as follows: [1] [4] 1 línea = 1 ⁄ 432 vara; 1 pulgada = 1 ⁄ 36 vara; 1 pie = 1 ⁄ 3 vara; 1 cuadra = 150 vara; 1 legua = 5400 vara
Legua nautica (nautical league): Between 1400 and 1600 the Spanish nautical league was equal to four Roman miles of 4,842 feet, making it 19,368 feet (5,903 metres or 3.1876 modern nautical miles). However, the accepted number of Spanish nautical leagues to a degree varied between 14 1/6 to 16 2/3, so in actual practice the length of a Spanish ...
A number of units were used to measure length. One vara was equal to 0.836 m. [1] [2] Some other units are given below: [1] [2] 1 cuarta = 1 ⁄ 4 vara 1 tercia = 1 ⁄ 3 vara 1 mecate = 24 varas. 1 legua = 5,000 varas [3]
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Several units were used to measure area in these countries. One manzana was equal to 10,000 square varas or 6987.4 m 2. [1] (A vara was an obsolete Spanish unit of length equal to 0.8359 m.) One caballeria was equal to 64 manzanas. [1] [2]
Cars make their way down the Overseas Highway’s Seven Mile Bridge near Little Duck Key and Bahia Honda State Park on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021.
Still, walking at a slower speed for a longer period of time (about three miles per hour for an hour) led to greater total fat loss in postmenopausal women in a 2023 study in Nutrients.