TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



ENGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



AVOIRDUPOIS. 



TROY WEIGHT. 



cubic incli of distilled water, in air, at 62° F z= 252.456 gr. 



cubic inct of distilled water, in vacuo, at 62° F zz: 252.722 gr. 



Cubic inches. 



gallon = 277.276. 



= 34.659. 



= 1.7329. 



= 61.024. 



= 0.061024. 



= 16.387 cubic centimetres. 



pmt 



fluid ounce 



litre 



cubic centimetre, 

 cubic inch 



1.00000 parts of gas at 32 F., 29.922 bar., (also at 32^ 

 bar. 30 iucbes, (also at 60°) =1.05720 parts. 



become, at 60° F., 



FRANCE. 



METRICAL SYSTEM NOW IN USE. 



English value. 



Millimetre, (1,000th of a metre) 0.03937 inches. 



Centimetre, (100th of a metre) 0.39371 inches. 



Decimetre, (10th of a metre) 3.93708 inches. 



Metre,* (unit of length) 39.3708 inches, or 3.2809 feet. 



Decametre, (10 metres) 32.809 feet, or 10.9363 yards. 



Hectometre, (100 metres) 328.09 feet, or 109.3633 yards. 



Kilometre, (1,000 metres) 1093.63 yards, or 0.62138 miles. 



Myriametre, (10,000 metres) 10936.33 yaixls, or 6.21382 miles. 



*Tho metre is a ten-millionth part of the quadrant of the meridian of the earth, or, in other 

 words, the teu-milDonth part of Lhe distance from the equator to the pole. 



