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NUMBERS AND MEASURES. 



(13) LESS USUAL MEASURES. EQUIVALENTS. 



English. English. Metric. 



A fathom ('001 knot) 6 '087 ft. 1*855 m. 



A cable (100 fathoms) 6087ft. 185*5 m. 



Mean length of one minute of\ ~ A7 ~ f . IQKO 



latitude / t)07blt - 



A pole or perch 16 '5 ft. 5'029 m. 



A rod (sq. perch) 172 '25 sq. ft. 25*29 sm. 



A rood (40 rods) 10890 sq. ft. 10117 sm. 



Fluid ounce (^ pint) apoth 8 drachms 28*4 ccm. 



A bushel 8 gallons 36*351. 



A dram ( T V oz. avoir.) 27*34 gr. 1'772 gm. 



A diamond carat 3*2 gr. 0*207 gm. 



French. 



A Paris foot 1*0658 ft. 0*3248 m. 



Atoise (6 feet)... 6*3945 ft. 1*949 m. 



An arpent 4089 sq. yards 3419 sm. 



A livre == 16 onces (1 on. = j ^ lb> Q . 4895 kn 



o/o grains ) 



German. 



A Rhenish foot 1 '0298 ft. 0'3139 m. 



An Austrian foot 1 '037 ft. 0'3161 m. 



A pfund - 16 unzen = 32 loth... 1-0311 Ib. 0*4677 kilog. 



Russian.. 

 A verst = 500 sachines = 1500 g50()ift ^ m kilom> 



archines 



Afunt = 32 loth 0'9026 Ib. '4085 kilog. 



(14) ANCIENT MEASURES. APPROXIMATE EQUIVALENTS. 



Hebrew, d'C. 



Egyptian and Chaldaean cubit 1 '502 feet. 



Hebrew cubit of the sanctuary 2'125 feet. 



Egyptian cubit of Belady and Hebrew Rabbinical ) ., . 001 f , 



cubit (6 cubits = 1 reed) { X 821 fect 



Egyptian royal Artaba 9'44 gallons. 



Hebrew Bath or Ephah (= 6 Hins = 100 Omers) ... 6'468 gallons. 



Babylonian silver talent 72*09 Ibs. 



Babylonian royal talent 13T4 Ibs. 



Babylonian commercial talent 65*7 Ibs. 



Babylonian gold talent 108*27 Ibs. 



Egyptian, Hebrew, and Olympic monetary talent ... 93 '65 Ibs. 

 Egyptian, Hebrew, and Olympic commercial talent 64*73 Ibs. 



