In Spain, a unit of mass, by the standard of Castile about 230.07 grams.
Different subdivisions were used for gold and silver ![]()
Slightly different values, and different subdivisions, were used in the provinces. In Aragon the marco de Castile = 8 onces = 32 quartos = 128 adarmes = 4096 granos, making each grano of Aragon = 1 1/8 grano of Castile.
In Mexico, 20th century, a unit of mass, approximately 28.775 grams.
United Nations, 1966.
In Mexico, 16th century, a unit of length used in measuring fields, = 2 7/8 varas.
Ward Barrett.
Jugerum and Caballeria in New Spain.
Agricultural History, vol. 53, no. 2 pages 423-437 (April 1979).
Mariano Galván Riviera, 1844. Excerpt in Spanish with English translation.
In Portugal, a unit of mass, = 8 onças, about 229.5 grams.
In the province of La Rioja, Argentina, ? – 19th centuries, a unit of irrigation water flow, defined by defining the size of the hole through which water was allowed to flow, = 8 pulgadas by 4 pulgadas. Compare miner's inch.
In the province of Catamarca, a similar unit, the marco oficial, was 9 by 9 pulgadas.
Balbín, 1881.
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