Moio (unit)

Moio, older spelling: Moyo, also as Mojo[1] was a unit of measurement that measured grain and liquid used in Portugal and its colonies and in Brazil. The moio has small measurement differences below the alqueire. In case of grain and salt, the moio was used.

The measurement was used until the time of the Portuguese Wars of Liberation in the 1830s when the country and the colonial empire adopted the metric system and in Brazil, when the country adopted the metric system. Not long after its adoption, along with other old units, traditional moios continued to be used.

Brazil

In Rio de Janeiro, an alqueiro equaled to 13.5 liters and 681 Parisian cubic inches

Portugal

In Porto, an Oportan alqueire equalled to 830 Parisian cubic inches and 16.462 litres

Considering the goods, there were measurements for them:

Cape Verde

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wilhelm Hoffmann: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie für Kaufleute, Fabrikanten, Geschäftsleute, oder vollständiges Wörterbuch über den Handel, die Fabriken, Manufaturen, Künste u. Gewerbe. vol. 2, Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1848, p. 586
  2. ↑ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback, p. 510
  3. ↑ Theodor Friedrich Schrader: Das Wichtigste der WechselKurse, des Münzwesens und der Maße und Gewichte. Julius Klinkhardt, Leipzig 1854, p. 28

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