almud

See also almude.

From the Arabic, from the Latin modius.

1

In Spain, a unit of dry capacity, about 4.63 liters.

In the Canary Islands, at Las Palmas 5.50 liters, but at La Guia, 5.68 liters.

2

In Chile , ? – 20^th century , a unit of dry capacity used for cereals, approximately 8.08 liters (approximately 7.34 U. S. dry quarts).

United Nations, 1966.

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 132.

3

In Ecuador, ? – 20^th century , a unit of mass, = 28 libras = 12.88 kilograms (approximately 28.4 pounds av.).

United Nations, 1966.

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 150.

4

In Mexico, ? – 20^th century , a unit of dry capacity, approximately 7.568 liters (approximately 6.87 U.S. dry quarts).

United Nations, 1966.

5

In Venezuela , ? – 20^th century, two units:

• one of area, varying between 400 and 25,600 square meters (0.099 – 6.33 acres)
• one of mass, used for cereals and root vegetables, varying between 9 and 50 kilograms (19.8 – 110 pounds av.).

United Nations, 1966.

6

In Belize , ? – 20^th century , a unit of capacity, = 5 imperial quarts (approximately 5.683 liters). 

United Nations, 1966.

7

In Puerto Rico, a unit of capacity = 20 liters, defined by Mandatory Decree No. 58, Agricultural Phase of the Coffee Industry.

www.lexjuris.com/JSM/lexdm58.htm

8

In Bolivia, ? – 20^th century, various units of mass:

[Bolivia] Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Colonizacion. Dirección General de Economia Rural.
Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.
Corrected and revised by the Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones.
[La Paz]: Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones, 1956.

Page 21, 29 and 38. (Page numbering is not continuous.)

9

In Bolivia, ? – 20^th century, various units of land area:

[Bolivia] Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Colonizacion. Dirección General de Economia Rural.
Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.
Corrected and revised by the Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones.
[La Paz]: Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones, 1956.

Page 12, 25, 31, 40, 44, 46 and 48. (Page numbering is not continuous.)

10

In the Territory of New Mexico of the United States, by an act of 12 January 1852, the almud was legalized as a unit of capacity = 1/6 of a half fanega, which was defined as 2476¼ cubic inches, making the almud 412.71 cubic inches.

Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the Construction and Distribution of Weights and Measures.
Senate. 34th Congress, 3rd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 27.
Washington: A.O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857.

Page 83. The author of the report was A. D. Bache.

11

In Argentina

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