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It was used in the archaic system of old Spanish land grants affecting Texas and parts of adjoining states and this use of league is used throughout the Texas Constitution. A common Texas land grant size, discussed in James A. Michener's Texas, was a "labor and a league": a labor of good riparian land and a (square) league of land away from the ...
Metrication occurred in some areas during this time period, including the re-surveying of Ordnance Survey maps in 1970, decimalisation of the currency in 1971, and teaching the metric system in schools. No plans were made to make the use of the metric system compulsory, and the Metrication Board was abolished in 1980 following a change in ...
These include gallons inches, feet, miles, pounds (note the Spanish pound is also used) and ounces. [2] Gasoline and diesel fuel are sold by the US gallon. Some food items such as meat, sugar and coffee are sold by the pound. [4] Display sizes for screens on television sets and computer monitors have their diagonal measured in inches.
The Metric system was optional from 1857, and has been compulsory since 1896. [1] [2] System before metric system. The Units of the system (from Spanish, Castillian ...
Metrication by country (4 C, 11 P) C. ... Spanish customary measurements (3 P) T. Thai units of measurement (4 P) Pages in category "Units of measurement by country"
The avoirdupois system served as the general system of mass and weight. In addition to this, there are the troy and the apothecaries' systems. Troy weight was customarily used for precious metals, black powder, and gemstones. The troy ounce is the only unit of the system in current use; it is used for precious metals.
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.
A number of units were used to measure mass. Some of units which were used in the 1920s too in addition to metric system, and which belonged to old Spanish, American, and local, are provided below: [1] 1 tonelada (or millier [2]) = 1000.0 kg 1 tercio = 72.22 kg. One libra was equal to 1.0161 lb (US pound of 1893). [2]