A number of different units of measurement were used in Brazil to measure quantities including length, area, volume, and mass as those units were derived from Portugal and had significant local variances.[citation needed]
In 1814 as part of the Portuguese Empire, Brazil adopted the new Portuguese metric system, which was based in the original metric system, but with its units having Portuguese traditional names. This system was not, however, widely adopted and was soon abandoned, with the Portuguese customary units continuing to be used.[citation needed]
In 1862 the metric system finally became compulsory in Brazil,[1][2] and consolidated in 1972.[3][4]
^Washburn, E.W. (1926). International Critical Tables of Numerical Data, Physics, Chemistry and Technology. New York: McGraw-Hil Book Company, Inc. p. 3.
^Cardarelli, F. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins. London: Springer. pp. 7. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
^CORSO, Jairo L. "Quanto pesa o peso". Clube filatélico e numismático de Taquara/RS (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^História da Metrologia – Adoção do Sistema Métrico Decimal Archived 17 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Acesso em 30 de junho de 2009
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