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medio

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In Spain, a unit of dry capacity, = ½ celemín, 2.31 liters (about 2.01 U.S. dry quarts). Mid 19ᵗʰ-century values: in Alicante, 2.566 liters; in Benicarló, 2.083 L; in Cádiz, 2.354 L (but Altés says 2.283 L); in Valencia, 2.138 L (but Altés says 2.115 L).

Doursther, page 263.

2

In Spain, units of liquid capacity, = 1/8 cantaro. Mid 19ᵗʰ-century values: in Alicante, 1.444 liters; in Valencia, 1.475 L.

Doursther, page 263.

3

In Honduras, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of dry capacity, approximately 45.95 liters.

United Nations 1966.

4

In Venezuela , 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of area, = 5000 square meters, known as a medio portuguesa.

United Nations 1966.

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Where is Venezuela?

5

In El Salvador, a unit of mass with four different values:

Technical Factors..., 1972, page 155.

6

In Nicaragua, a unit of dry capacity for grain, = 2 cuartillos = 4 quinces. 1 fanega = 24 medios. Defined in 1857 as the volume of a box 25 centimeters square with a height of 12½ cm, thus 7812.5 cubic centimeters. which corresponds to 476.75 cubic inches.

Mantica says “Un medio = (600 pulg. inglesas cubicas) si de arroz 10 lbs., de maiz 13, de frijol 14, de million 15.”¹ Six hundred cubic inches is 9832.24 cubic centimeters. All sources agree that a medio of dry maize weighs about 13 libras. As a rough estimate, taking the libra at 460 grams and the density of maize at 0.76 g per cubic centimeter, 13 libra would be 5980 grams, and 7812.5 cubic centimeters of maize would weigh 5937.5 g. This is pretty good agreement, which casts a good deal of suspicion on the “600 pulg. inglesas cubicas” statement.

Carlos Mantica.
El Habla Nicaragüense.
Editorial Universitaria Centroamericana, 1973.
Page 73.

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El medio de medir sera de boca cuadrada y tendra de luz por cada 25 centimetros, la altura interior sera se 12½ centimetros.

Decreto Ejecutivo num. 123, 17 septiembre 1857.

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