6 TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



MEASURES OF CAPACITY 



10 milliliters (ml.) =1 centiliter cl. 



10 centiliters =1 deciliter dl. 



10 deciliters =1 liter 1. 



10 liters =1 decaliter Dl. 



10 decaliters =1 hectoliter HI. 



10 hectoliters = 1 kiloliter Kl. 



The liter is equal to the volume occupied by 1 cu. dm. 



MEASURES OF WEIGHT 



10 milligrams (mg.) = 1 centigram eg. 



10 centigrams = 1 decigram dg. 



10 decigrams =1 gram g. 



10 grams =1 decagram Dg. 



10 decagrams =1 hectogram Hg. 



10 hectograms =1 kilogram Kg. 



1,000 kilograms =1 ton T. 



The gram is the weight of 1 c. c. of pure distilled water at 

 a temperature of 39.2 F.; the kilogram is the weight of 1 1. 

 of water; the ton is the weight of 1 cu. m. of water. 



CONVERSION TABLES 



By means of the accompanying tables metric measures 

 can be converted into English, and vice versa, by simple addi- 

 .tion. All the figures of the values given are not required, 

 except in very exact calculations; as a rule, 4 or 5 digits only 

 are used. To change 6,471.8 ft. into meters, con- 

 sider 6,471.8 as 6,000+400+70+1 + .8; also, 1,828.8 

 6,000= 1,000X6; 400= 100X4; etc. Hence, look- 121.92 

 ing in the first column of the table entitled English 21.333 



Measures Into Metric, for 6, opposite it in the .3048 



column headed Feet to Meters is found the num- .2438 



ber 1.8287838. Using but five digits and increas- 



ing the fifth digit by 1 (as the next is greater 1,972.6046 

 than 5), gives 1.8288. In other words, 6 ft. 

 = 1.8288 m.; hence, 6,000 ft. = 1,000X1.8288 = 1,828.8, simply 

 moving the decimal point three places to the right. Like- 

 wise, it is found that 400 ft. = 121.92 m.; 70 ft. = 21.336 m.; 

 1 ft. = .3048 m.; and .8 ft. = .2438 m. Adding as shown gives 

 1,972.6046 m. as the value of 6,471.8 ft. 



