Ava (unit)

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Ava was a Spanish measure of length. The validity was limited to the province of Cadiz .

1 Ava = 0.052244 meters

The dimensional chain was

1 Codo / Elle = 2 Palmos (large) = 4 Octavos = 8 Avas = 188 Parisian lines = 0.4179535 meters

literature

Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, pp. 19, 48.

Individual evidence

↑ Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Teubner Publishing House, Leipzig 1855, p. 212.