Spanish customary units were used before 1848.
Length To measure length several units were used. Legally, one vara is equal to 0.836 m. Some of the units and their legal values as follows: • 1 línea = vara • 1 pulgada = vara • 1 pie = vara • 1 cuadra = 150 vara • 1
legua = 5400 vara
Mass Several units were used to measure mass. One libra is equal to 0.460093 kg. Some other units are given below: • 1 grano = libra • 1 adarme = libra • 1 = libra • 1 onza = libra • 1
arroba = 25 libra • 1 quintal = 100 libra
Capacity Mainly two systems, dry and liquid, were used to measure capacity in Chile.
Dry One
almud was equal to 8.083 L.
Liquid One cuartillo was equal to 1.111 L. 32 cuartillo were equal to one
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