Selemi
The Selemi , also Selami , was a Brazilian-Portuguese volume measure for grain .
- Brazil 1 Selemi = 1 Ottava = 2 Mequias = 87 1/5 Parisian cubic inches = 1 ¾ liter
- Portugal 1 Selemi = 85 ⅛ Parisian cubic inches = 1 7/10 liters
Were general and independent of region
- 2 Selemi = 1 quarto = 1 quarta
- 4 Selemi = 1 Mejo / Meyo
- 8 Selemi = 1 Alqueira
- 32 Selemi = 1 Fanega
- 480 Selemi = 1 mojo
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 312