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The precise conversion is 1 cuerda = 3,930.395625 m 2. [2] The term "Spanish acre" instead has been used sometimes by mainlanders. [1] A cuerda and an acre have often been treated as equal because they are nearly the same size. According to Carlos Menocal Villagran, [3] in Guatemala, the term cuerda refers to a unit of area and can have various ...
Estado, a unit of length used for measuring depths (similar to the fathom); 7 pies; Pulgada (inch: 24.5 mm) used in Spain. 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
Plan of the health area of the Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia [a] Today its size varies between countries: In Argentina it is a hectare, 10,000 m 2. In most Central American countries it is about 7,000 m 2 (1.7 acres), varying between countries. In Belize it is 8,353 m 2 (2.064 acres). In Nicaragua it is 7,042.25 m 2 (1.74018 acres).
As the name suggests, an acre-foot is defined as the volume of one acre of surface area to a depth of one foot.. Since an acre is defined as a chain by a furlong (i.e. 66 ft × 660 ft or 20.12 m × 201.17 m), an acre-foot is 43,560 cubic feet (1,233.5 m 3).
Among the Guatemalan units of measurement some are based on old Spanish units; they include the vara and cuadra linear measurements; the vara cuadrada, the manzana and the cuerda units of area; and the libra, arroba, quintal and garrafón units of weight and volume.
Several units were used to measure capacity in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. 1 botella = 0.63 to 0.67 L. [1] [2] 1 cajuela = 16.6 L. [1] 1 cuartillo varies between countries, [1] but defined as 4 octavillos or 1/4 almude and contains 1.156 L ≈ 1.222 qt(US) (liquid) ≈ 1.017 qt(Imp) [3]
The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. [1] It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters.
This gives the exact conversion factor: One pound-foot = 1.355 817 948 331 400 4 newton metres . The name "pound-foot", intended to minimize confusion with the foot-pound as a unit of work , was apparently first proposed by British physicist Arthur Mason Worthington .