Table 3. 



EQUIVALENTS OF METRIC AND BRITISH IMPERIAL WEIGHTS 



AND MEASURES.* 



(1) METRIC TO IMPERIAL. 



LINEAR MEASURE. 



I millimetre (mm.) I 

 (.001 m.) I 



I centimetre (.01 m.) 

 I decimetre (.1 m.) 



I METRE (m.) 



I dekametre 



(10 m.) 

 I hectometre 



(100 m.) 

 I kilometre 



(1,000 m.) \ 

 I myriametre 



(10,000 m.) 



I micron . . 



[• 



= 0.03937 in. 



= 0.39370 " 

 = 3-9370I " 

 39-370113 " 



3.280S43 ft. 



1.09361425 yds. 



10.93614 

 109.361425 " 

 0.62137 mile. 

 6.21372 miles, 

 o.ooi mm. 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



i = 



I sq. centimetre 

 I sq. decimetre 



(100 sq. centm.) 

 I sq. metre or centi- ) __ 



are (100 sq. dcm.) ) 

 I ARE (100 sq. m.) = 



I hectare (100 ares ) _ 



or 10,000 sq. m.) j 



0.1550 sq. in. 



15.500 sq. in. 



( 10.7639 sq. ft. 

 ( 1. 1960 sq. yds. 

 119.60 sq. yds. 



2.47 1 1 acres. 



CUBIC MEASURE. 



cub. centimetre | 



(c.c.) (1,000 cubic ^ = 



millimetres) 

 cub. decimetre 



(c.d.) (t.ooo cubic j- = 61.024 



centimetres) 



CUB. METRE 



or stere 

 (1,000 c.d.) 



= 0.0610 cub. in. 



_ j 35.3148 cub. ft. 



1. 307954 cub. yds. 



H 



0.61024 " 



0.070 gill. 

 0.176 pint. 



MEASURE OF CAPACITY. 



I millilitre (ml.) (.001 | ^ ^ ^gj^ ^^^ 

 litre) ) 



I centilitre (.01 litre) 



I decilitre (.1 litre) . . 



I LITRE (1,000 cub. ) 



centimetres or i V = 1.75980 pints. 



cub. decimetre) ) 



I dekalitre (10 litres) . = 2.200 gallons. 



I hectolitre (100 " ) . = 2.75 bushels. 



I kilolitre (1,000 '* ) . = 3.437 quarters. 



APOTHECARIES' MEASURE. 



cubic centi- ) 



metre (i ? 



gramme w't) ) 



cub. millimetre 



0.03520 fluid ounce. 

 0.28157 fluid drachm. 

 1 5.43236 grains weight. 

 0.01693 minim. 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 



I milligramme (mgr.) . . 

 I centigramme (.oi gram.) 

 I decigramme (.1 " ) 



I GRAMME '■ 



I dekagramme (10 gram.) 

 I hectogramme (100 " ) 



I KILOGRAMME (l,000" ) 



I myriagramme (lokilog.) 

 I quintal (100 " ) 



I millier or tonne I 

 (1,000 kilog.) j 



0.01543 gram. 



0.15432 « 



1-54324 grains. 

 15.43236 " 



5.64383 drams. 



3.52739 oz. 



2.2046223 lbs. 



15432.3564 

 grains. 

 22.04622 lbs. 

 = 1. 96841 cwt. 



= 0.9842 ton. 



TROY WEIGHT. 



I GRAMME . . = 



0.03215 OZ. Troy. 

 0.64301 pennyweight. 

 15.43236 grains. 



APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 



I GRAMME 



( 0.25721 drachm. 

 = ) 0.77162 scruple. 

 (1 543236 grains. 



Note.— The Metre is the length, at the temperature of o° C, of the platinum-indium bar deposited at the 

 International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, near Pans, France. 



The present legal equivalent of the metre is 39-:(70' '3 inches, as above stated. 



The Kilogramme is the mass of a platinum-iridiiim weight deposited at the same place. . v ■ 



The Litre contains one kilogramme weight of distilled water at its maximum density (4^ C), the barometer being 

 at 760 millimetres. 



*In accordance with the schedule adopted under the Weights and Measures (metric system) Act, 1897. 



Smithsonian Tablcs. 



