Sesma (unit)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sesma was a Spanish name for the sixth vara , i.e. one sixth of the cubit .

1 sesma = 13.932 centimeters

literature

Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights, a lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich, 1986, ISBN 3-41102-148-9 , p. 280.