Pesada

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The pesada was a unit of mass in different regions of South America . The measure was used for hides and skins .

Buenos Aires
  • 1 Pesada = 35 pounds (Spanish inches) (dry hides and skins)
  • 1 Pesada = 60 pounds (Spanish inches) (wet hides)
Uruguay
  • 1 pesada = 40 pounds (Spanish inches) (dry hides and skins) = 18.376 kilograms
  • 1 pesada = 75 pounds (Spanish inches) (wet hides) = 34.455 kilograms

literature

  • Johann Eduard Wappäus: Handbook of the geography and statistics of the former Spanish Central and South America: together with the European possessions. Verlag der JC Hinrichs'schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1863-1870, p. 1117.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Die Lederhandlung: A correspondence sheet for tanners and non-tanners, leather and boot manufacturers, saddlers and dealers. Volume 4, Ansbach 1864, p. K. A.
  2. ↑ Author collective: Meyers Konversationslexikon. Volume 16, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna, 1885–1892, p. 20.