WITH THE ENGLISH STANDARD. 251 



Metre - 39.37100 



Decametre - - - 393.71000 



Hecatometre .... 3937.10000 



Chiliometre .... 39371.00000 



Myriometre - - - 393710.00000 



M. F. Y. Ft. In. 

 A decametre is - - - 10 2 9.7 



A hecatometre - - - -00109 11 



A chiliometre 042131 10.2 



A myriometre .... 61 156 O 6 

 8 chiliometres are nearly 5 miles. 



Meafures of capacity. 



Cubic Inches E. 

 Millilitre - - - - - - .06103 of capacity. 



Centilitre .61028 



Decilitre - - - - - - - 6.10280 



Litre, a cubic decimetre - - - ' - 61.02800 



Decalitre - -". - - - 610.28000 



Hecatolitre - - - - - 6102.80000 



Chiliolitre - - - - - - 61028.00000 



Myriolitre - - - - - 610280.00000 



A litre is nearly 2-f- wine pints. 14- decilitres are nearly 

 3 wine pints. A chiliolitre is 1 tun, 12.73 wine gallons. 



Weights. 



A gramme is the weight of a cubic centimetre of pure Weights, 

 water at its maximum of denfity. It has been found equal to 

 18.827 French grains, of which 576 made 472.5 Englifh; and 

 489.5058 grammes make a pound of the itandard of the mint 

 at Paris. » 



£. grains. 

 Milligramme - - - » - • .0154 



Centigramme . - - - .1544 



Decigramme ------ 1.5444 



Gramme .---.«.- 15.4440 

 Decagramme ..--«- 154.4402 



Hecatogramme - - - - 1544.4023 



Chiliogramme ------ 15444.0234 



Myriogramme - 154440.2344 



A deca- 



