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The labor (/ l ə ˈ b ɔːr / in West Texas) is a unit of area, used to express an area of land, that is equal to 1 million square varas.A labor is equivalent to about 177.1 acres (71.67 ha).
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 ...
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]
Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.
The conversion between different SI units for one and the same physical quantity is always through a power of ten. This is why the SI (and metric systems more generally) are called decimal systems of measurement units. [10] The grouping formed by a prefix symbol attached to a unit symbol (e.g. ' km ', ' cm ') constitutes a new inseparable unit ...
An example of a Tavole di ragguaglio (Conversion Table) in 1860 when Tuscany became part of modern Italy. Milan adopted the metric system in 1803, during the Napoleonic wars, albeit reusing names of older units. [1] [2] After the Congress of Vienna, the various Italian states reverted to their original systems of measurements.
The precise conversion is 1 cuerda = 3,930.395625 m 2. The term "Spanish acre" instead has been used sometimes by mainlanders. A cuerda and an acre have often been treated as equal because they are nearly the same size. It continues to be an official unit of land measure in Puerto Rico today (2019). [1]
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.