Appendix xV 



English- Metric and 

 Temperature Conversion 

 Tables 



Table A-1. english-metric conversions. 



ENGLISH 



METRIC 



1 inch 



0.39 inch 

 1 foot (12 inches) 

 1 yard (3 feet) 



1.09 yards 



1 square inch 



0.15 square inch 

 1 square foot (144 square inches) 

 1 square yard (9 square feet) 



1.20 square yards 

 1 acre (4,840 square yards) 



2.47 acres 



1 acre-foot (43,560 cubic feet) 



1 English ton (2,000 pou 

 1.10 English tons 



nds) 



1 cubic foot/second 



0.035 cubic foot/second 

 1 cubic foot/minute 



0.035 cubic foot/minute 

 1 gallon/minute 



0.264 gallons/minute 



Length 



Area 



Volume 



Weight 



Flow rate 



2.54 centimeters 



1 centimeter (lO millimeters) 

 30.5 centimeters 

 0.91 meters 



1 meter (lOO centimeters) 



6.45 square centimeters 



1 square centimeter 

 929 square centimeters 

 0.84 square meters 



1 square meter (10,000 square centimeters) 

 0.40 hectares 



1 hectare (10,000 square meters) 



1,233.6 cubic meters 



0.91 metric ton 



1 metric ton ( 1,000 kilograms) 



28.32 liters/second 



1 liter/second 

 28.32 liters/minute 



1 liter/minute 

 3.785 liters/minute 



1 liter/minute 



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