JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy a ton, and not a megagram?message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down16
arrow-up1109arrow-down1message-squareWhy a ton, and not a megagram?JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squaretheplanlessman@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoFYI the English name of that cask is “tun”.
minus-squareLvxferre@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThanks for the info. (To be honest I couldn’t be bothered to look for it.)
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat units did Portugal use before metric?
minus-squareLvxferre@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI’m from Brazil but I think that the units were the same anyway. The ones that I recall are (note: approximated values) tonelada (ton) - 800kg arroba - 15kg. Nowadays the word mostly refers to the “@” sign, that used to be the unit’s symbol arrátel (pound) - 450g onça (ounce) - 30g milha (mile) - 1.8km vara (rod) - 1.1m pé (foot) - 33cm polegada (inch) - 2.5cm I don’t recall the volume units, but I don’t expect them to be too different from the anglo units.
FYI the English name of that cask is “tun”.
Thanks for the info. (To be honest I couldn’t be bothered to look for it.)
What units did Portugal use before metric?
I’m from Brazil but I think that the units were the same anyway. The ones that I recall are (note: approximated values)
I don’t recall the volume units, but I don’t expect them to be too different from the anglo units.