adarme

1

In Spain, especially Valencia, a unit of mass, = 1/16th of an on�a, approximately 1.80 grams. Used for gold and silver. By the Spanish Postal Tariff act of 1807, the weight of letters was determined in adarmes (5 adarmes or less went for 5 reales de vell�n).

2

In Mexico and Peru, ? – 20th centuries, a unit of mass, approximately 1.797 grams.

United Nations, 1966.

3

In Costa Rica, = 1/16 onza = 36 granos = 1.7971 grams.

[Costa Rica. Ministerio de formento.]
Medidas y pesas del sistema m�trico, y tablas de equivalencia con las antiguas.
San Jos� de Costa Rica: Imprenta nacional, 1885.