TABLE 2. 



EQUIVALENTS OF BRITISH IMPERIAL AND METRIC WEIGHTS 

 AND MEASURES. 



(3) IMPERIAL TO METRIC. 



NOTE. The YARD is the length at 62 Fahr., marked on a bronze bar deposited with the Board of Trade. 



The POUND is the weight of a piece of platinum weighed in vacuo at the temperature of o C., and which is also 

 deposited with <he Board of Trade. 



The GALLON contains 10 Ib. weight of distilled water at the temperature of 62 Fahr., the barometer being at 

 30 inches. The weight of a cubic inch of water is 252.286 grains. 



SMITHSONIAN TABLES. 



