Table 2. 



EQUIVALENTS OF METRIC AND BRITISH IMPERIAL WEIGHTS 



AND MEASURES.* 



(I) METRIC TO IMPERIAL. 



LINEAR MEASURE. 



I millimetre (mm.) ) 

 (.001 m.) ) 



I centimetre (.01 m.) : 

 I decimetre (.i m.) 



}■•= 



I METRE (m.) 



I dekamctre 



(10 m.) 

 I hectometre I 



(100 m.) ] 

 I kilometre I 



(1,000 m.) ) 

 I myriametre | 



(10,000 m.) J ■ 



0.03937 m. 



0.39371 " 

 3.9370S " 



39.37079 " 

 3.2S0S9917 ft. 



1 .09363306 yds. 

 10.93633 



109.36331 

 0.62138 

 6.213S2 miles. 



0.62138 mile. 



I micron 



, ^ 0.00 1 mm. 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



I sq. centimetre 

 I sq. decimetre 



:.,! 



0.1 5 50 1 sq. m. 



/ ^ ^ ( — 15.50059 sq. in. 



(100 sq. centm.) ) j j j^ -1 



I sq. metre or centi- ) j 10.76430 sq. ft. 



are (loosq. dcm.) ) \ 1. 19603 sq. yd. 



I ARE (100 sq. m.) = 119.60333 sq. yds. 



I hectare (100 ares? 2.471 15 acres, 



or 10,000 sq. m.) ) ^' -" 



CUBIC MEASURE. 



cub. centimetre ' 



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



millimetres) 

 cub. decimetre 



(c.d.) (1,000 cubic I 



centimetres) 

 CUB. METRE ) 



or stere . . ? = 



1,000 (c.d.) ) 



= 0.06103 cub. in. 



= 61.02705 " " 



( 35.31658074 cub. ft. 

 I 1. 308021 51 cub. yd. 



MEASURE OF CAPACITY. 



I millilitre (ml.) (.001 I 

 litre) S 



= 0.06103 cub. in. 



I centilitre (.01 litre) = 



I decilitre (.1 litre) . 

 I LITRE (1,000 cub. '. 

 centimetres or i 

 cub. decimetre) 

 I dekalitre (10 litres) 

 I hectolitre (100 " ) 

 I kilolitre (1,000 " ) 



I microlitre . . . 



0.61027 " 

 0.07043 gill. 



= 0.17608 pint. 



= 1.76077 pints. 



= 2.20097 gallons. 



. ^ 2.7512 1 bushels. 



= 3.43901 quarters. 



= 0.00 1 ml. 



APOTHECARIES' MEASURE. 



I cubic centi- ) ( 0.03527 fluid ounce. 



metre ('(=^^ 0.28219 fluid drachm. 



gramme w't) ) ( 15.43235 grains weight. 

 I cub. millimetre = 0.01693 mining- 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 



I milligramme (mgr.) . : 

 I centigramme (.01 gram.) ■ 

 I decigramme (.1 " ) ■ 



I GRAMME : 



I dekagramme (10 gram.) : 

 I hectogramme (100 " ): 



I KILOGRAMME (l,000 " ) 



I myriagramme(iokilog.) 

 I quintal (100 " ) 



I millier or tonne ( 

 (1,000 kilog.) j 



0.01543 grain. 

 0.15432 " 

 1-543-4 grains. 



1543235 " 

 5.64383 drams. 



3.52739 oz. 



! 2. 20462 1 25 lb. 

 15432.34874 

 grains. 

 = 22.04621 lb. 

 = 1.96841 cwt. 



= 0.98420591 ton. 



TROY WEIGHT. 



I GRAMME 



0.03215073 oz. Troy. 

 0.64301 pennyweight. 

 15-43235 grains. 



APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 



( 0.25721 drachm. 

 I GRAMME ... . = } 0.77162 scruple. 



( 15-43235 grains. 



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

 Board of Trade. , ,c , ■ u 



The present legal equivalent of the metre is 39*37079 inches, as above stated. If a brass metre is, however, 

 compared, not at its legal temperature (0° C. or 32° F.), but at the temperature of 62° F., \yith a brass yard at the 

 temperature also of 62° F., then the apparent equivalent of the metre would be nearly 39'3S2 inches. 



The Kilogramme is the weight in vacuo at 0° C. of the platinum-iridium weight deposited with the Board of 



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

 at 760 millimetres. 



* Quoted from sheets issued in 1890 by the Standard Office of the British Board of Trade. 

 Smithsonian Tables. 



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