Vara de rivera

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The Vara de rivera was a unit of length in Mexico . The measure was used in shipbuilding . The Vara de rivera was three Mexican inches larger than the general Vara.

  • 1 Vara de rivera = 3 pies de rivera = 0.907833 meters
    • 1 pie de rivera = 12 pulgadas de rivera = 0.302611 meters
    • 1 Pulgada de rivera = 0.025217 meters

The simple Mexican vara was set at 838 millimeters in 1845 .

  • 1 Vara mexicana = 3 tercias / pies = 0.838 meters
    • 1 pie mexicana = 12 pulgadas / inch = 0.279323 meters
    • 1 Pulgada = 12 Lineas = 0.023278 meters

See also

literature

  • Communications from Justus Perthes' Geographical Institute about important new researches in the whole field of geography. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1862, p. 216.
  • Johann Wilhelm Müller: Travels in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Volume 3, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1865, p. 375.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Communications from Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt about important new researches in the whole field of geography. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1862, p. 215.