punto

1

In Honduras, ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of length, approximately 0.161 millimeters.

United Nations, 1966.

2

In the Venezuelan province of Monagas Maps showing the location of Venezuela and the two provinces., ? – 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of mass used in the sugar cane trade, = 600 kilograms.

United Nations, 1966.

Technical Conversion Factors…, 1972, page 347.

3

In Italy, a unit of length, about 3.57 millimeters (about 0.14 inch).

4

In Manila in the Philippines, a unit of mass used for gold or silver thread = 9 Spanish onza, but according Nelkenbrecher, the onza was thought of as the weight of a Mexican peso, which really weighed 0.9365 onza. Taking the Spanish onza as 28.76 grams makes the punto about 242.4 grams. Doursther says it is about 243.55 grams.

After metrication, 200 grams. link to table of Phillipine units of mass

Nelkenbrecher (1890), page 608.

5

In Costa Rica, a unit of length = ¹⁄₅₁₈₄ vara = ¹⁄₁₂ linea, = 0.16 millimeter.

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

6

In Mexico, a unit of length, = ¹⁄₅₁₈₄ vara = ¹⁄₁₂ linea, about 0.16165 millimeters.

Galván Riviera, 1844. Excerpt in Spanish with English translation.

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