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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"). As well, lumber is still measured in Costa Rica using a system based on 4 vara, or 11 feet, for both round and square wood.
A number of units were used. One libra (lit. "pound") was equal to 0.460 246 34 kg as it was legally defined. [1] Some other units and legal equivalents are given below: 1 tomin = 1 ⁄ 768 libra 1 adarme = 1 ⁄ 256 libra 1 ochava ("eighth") = 1 ⁄ 128 libra 1 onza ("ounce") = 1 ⁄ 16 libra 1 arroba = 25 libras 1 quintal ("hundredweight ...
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]
The stone remains widely used in the United Kingdom and Ireland for human body weight: in those countries people may commonly be said to weigh, e.g., "11 stone 4" (11 stones and 4 pounds), rather than "72 kilograms" as in most of the other countries, or "158 pounds", the conventional way of expressing the same weight in the US and in Canada. [38]
In weight it was equal to 32 pounds (14.7 kg) in Portugal and 25 pounds (11.5 kg) in Spain. ... In Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, ...
Whoopi Goldberg. Getty Images (2) Whoopi Goldberg got candid about what inspired her recent weight loss. During a discussion about the Monday, March 18, ABC special Shame, Blame and the Weight ...
Either way, pooping won’t affect your weight in any huge way—even if it does feel like you just dropped 10 pounds. That amazing feeling is more about de-bloating than actual loss of body mass.
The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]