Cajuela

The cajuela was a volume and grain measure in Central and South America. Depending on the Fanega with variable volumes, there were very different values for the Cajuela.

Costa Rica 1 Fanega = 24 Cajuela = 408 liters
1 cajuela = 7 cuartillo = 17 liters
1 Cuartillo = 4.25 liters

According to other sources, the measure was:

1 cajuela = 0.68702 liters
- 5 Cajuela = 1 Metzen (Prussian) about 3.4 liters
1 cajuela = 2.22 liters

Individual evidence

^ Maria de Huete Guevara: El Conjunto de Los Numeros Racionales. San Jose (Costa Rica) 1983, p. 160, ISBN 9977-64-016-5
↑ 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. 265
↑ Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old mass, coins and weights. Bibliographical Institute, 1986, p. 47

[1] Maria de Huete Guevara: El Conjunto de Los Numeros Racionales. San Jose (Costa Rica) 1983, p. 160, ISBN 9977-64-016-5

[2] 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. 265

[3] Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old mass, coins and weights. Bibliographical Institute, 1986, p. 47