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Standardisation of measurement in Texas came with the introduction of varas, cordeles, and leagues. A measure of 100 by 100 varas (Spanish) is almost 7000 square meters, and is known traditionally throughout Spain and Latin America as a manzana (i.e., a "city block").
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The term "cuerda" (Spanish for rope) refers to a unit of measurement in some Spanish-speaking regions, including Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Cuba, Spain, and Paraguay.In Puerto Rico, the term cuerda (and "Spanish acre" [1]) refers to the unit of area measurement. [2]
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.
In British English, it referred to the hundredweight; in American English, it formerly referred to an uncommon measurement of 100 kg (220 lb). Languages drawing its cognate name for the weight from Romance languages include French, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish quintal, Italian quintale, Esperanto kvintalo, Polish kwintal.
stång – 16 fot, for land measurement; ref – 160 fot, for land measurement, was 100 fot after 1855. stenkast – Stone's throw, approx 50 m, used to this day as an approximate measure. fjärdingsväg – 1 ⁄ 4 mil; skogsmil – Also rast, distance between rests in the woods, approx 5 km. nymil – New mile from 1889, 10 km exactly.
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The Spanish geodesist was elected as the first president of the International Committee for Weights and Measures. His activities resulted in the distribution of a platinum and iridium prototype of the metre to all States parties to the Metre Convention during the first meeting of the General Conference on Weights and Measures in 1889. These ...