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At some time a value of 33 inches (838.2 mm) was adopted in California. [citation needed] In Texas, a vara was defined as 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (846.67 mm), or 1 yard = 1.08 vara. [citation needed] The vara and the corresponding unit of area, the square vara, were introduced in the 19th century to measure Spanish land grants.
In the Southwestern United States, the vara chain also called the Texas chain, of 20 varas (16.9164 m , or 55 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) was used in surveying Spanish and later Mexican land grants, such as the major Fisher–Miller and Paisano Grants in Texas, several similarly large ones in New Mexico, and over 200 smaller ranchos in California.
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 ...
The Texas Land Survey System is often measured in Spanish Customary Units. The most important of these is the vara, which, while ambiguous in the past, was legally established to be exactly 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (846.67 mm) long in June 1919. [2] The subdivision levels in Texas are as follows: [3]
Reportedly, there were four structures at the second site: a church and sacristry, measuring 6×25 varas (a vara is a customary unit of measurement equal to 0.8375 m (2.75 ft)); servant's quarters (5×10 varas); a kitchen and shop (5×10 varas); and a residence and storeroom (5×45 varas).
Vara – an Aragonese, Spanish, and Portuguese unit [3] Yojana – a Vedic measure of distance used in ancient India . Its value was about 10 km (6.2 mi), although the exact value is disputed among scholars (between 8 and 13 km or 5 and 8 mi)
More than 3,800 personnel from the US and Canada were continuing to wage battle against the Dixie Fire in Northern California as of Saturday, September 4, fire officials said, more than 50 days ...
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