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cuartilla

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In Spain, two units:

a unit of dry capacity, 13.88 liters (about 1.57 U.S. pecks), a quarter of a fanega.
a unit of liquid capacity used for wine, 4.03 liters (about 1.07 U.S. gallons), a quarter of an arroba or cántara for wine.

2

In Venezuela , 20ᵗʰ century, two units:

a unit of area, varying in value from 100 to 2,500 square meters (approximately 0.025 – 0.618 acres).

United Nations, 1966.
a unit of mass used for cereals, varying in value from 2 to 10 kilograms, (approximately 4.4 – 22 pounds av.). According to TCF, for maize and judias (dry beans), 2.50 kilograms.
United Nations, 1966.

Technical Conversion Factors…, 1972, page 344.

3

In the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre-Rios, Argentina, ? – 20ᵗʰ centuries, a unit of dry capacity, = ¼ fanega, about 34.2 liters.¹ (In other provinces the almud was used.)

A decree of Buenos Aires on 18 December 1835 adopted a cuartillo of 2,464 cubic pulgadas.² Regulations called for the cuartilla measure to have the following dimensions: length of the top 24 pulgadas, length of the bottom 20 pulgadas, width of both top and bottom 14 pulgadas, and the depth 8 pulgadas.

1. Technical Factors ..., 1972, page 88.

2. Juan Alvarez, page 154. Balatin, page 67.

4

In certain provinces of Argentina, ? – 20ᵗʰ centuries, a unit of liquid capacity, varying locally, and generally but not always = ¼ arroba.

Province	Equivalents and Comments	Magnitude in liters	Pages in sources
Catamarca	= 5 frascos	13.20	97, 232
La Rioja	= 5 frascos	12.50	98, 233
Mendoza	= ¼ arroba = 4 frascos	8.940	89, 220
Salta	= 1/5 barril = 5 frascos. 12.50 liters was the official standard, however, the frasco of the city was 2.375137 liters, the same as Buenos Aires, giving a cuartilla of 11.876 liters.	11.876	62, 96, 229
San Luis	= ¼ arroba = 4 frascos	8.928	88, 219
San Juan	= ¼ arroba, but the media cuartilla was the unit commonly used.	8.937	59, 90, 221
Tucuman	= 20 cuartas = 5/26 barril	11.875	62, 94

Balatin.

5

In Ecuador, 20ᵗʰ century (UN 1966), a unit of mass, approximately 23.0 kilograms (approximately 50.7 pounds av.).

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

Department	Town	Volume in liters	Commodity
Chuquisaca	Azurduy, H. Siles, Yotala	3.37
	Camargo, Tarabuco, Villa Busch	3.75
	Sud Cinti	8.12
La Paz	Apolo	3.75
La Paz	Pelechuco	3.30
Cochabamba	Arque	6.75	chicha
	Arani	4.00	chicha
	Cliza	3.75
	Punata	6.00
	Quillacollo	3.37	chicha
	Sacaba	1.50
	Tarata	6
Potosi	Betanzos, Colquechaca, Cotagaita, Potosi, Tupiza, Uncia	3.37
	Millares	4.00
	Ocurí	3.80
	Otuyo	12.00
	Puna	6.00
	Sacaca, Vitichi	3.00
	Tumusla	3.20
	Vilacaya	5.75
Oruro	Huanuni, Poopó	3.00
Oruro	Oruro	3.00	chicha
Santa Cruz	Buena Vista, Montero	6.75
Santa Cruz	Lagunillas	3.75
Tarija	Concepción, Padcaya	3.37
	Pampa Redond	3.33
	San Lorenzo	5.75
	Tarija	3.75	wine
	Tarija	7.50

[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.

Pages 9, 13, 19, 27, 34, 37 and 41. (Page numbering is not continuous.)

and various units of mass:

Department	Town	Mass in kilograms	Commodity
Chuquisaca	Zudanez	27	grain
La Paz	Quime	17.90	grain
Potosi	Tupiza	16.10	grain
Tarija	Tarija	2.76	grain

Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.Pages 11, 15, 30 and 42.

and a unit of land area in the town of Salinas de G. Mendoza in the department of Oruro, = 2000 square meters.

Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia. Page 36.

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In the Territory of New Mexico of the United States, by an act of 12 January 1852, the cuartilla was legalized as a unit of capacity = 1 U.S. standard pint.

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.

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