Selemi

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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