EUSSIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. XV 



1 square verst = 250,000 sq. sag-eues = 101.17 dessiatines. 

 » -—:■ 1.1380 sq. kilometres. 



» = 0.43916 sq. English mile. 



1 sq. geographical mile — 48.38 square versts. 



» =1 55.00 -> kilometres. 



> = 21.25 > Englisli miles. 



III. CUBIC MEASURE. 



1 cubic inch ^^ 16.380 cubic centimetres. 

 1 cubic sagene = 343 cubic feet. 



» ==9.712 cubic metres. 



> = 12.704 cubic yards. 



Dry Measure. 



1 chetvert = 8 chetveriks = 2.099 hectolitres. 



» = 5.9567 bushels. 



1 chetverik = 8 quarts = 1601.22 cubic inches. 



> = the volume of 64 Eussian pounds of water at 13'/3° R. temperature. 



» ~ 26.238 litres = 0.26238 hectolitres. 



» = 0.7446 bushels. 



Liqudd Measure. 



I vedro =:: */«> of a barrel = 10 shtofis or krouzhki => 750.57 cubic inches = vol- 

 ume of 30 Russian pounds of water at 13*/a° E. temperature. 

 » = 12.299 litres. 

 » = 2.707 English, or 3.249 American gallons. 



IV. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 



I'ljerkovets = 10 pouds — - 0.1638 metric tons — 163.80 kilograms. 



"^■'» = 0.161217 English tons ='3.2243 /cwt. . 



1 poud = 40 Russian pounds = 0.01638 metric tons = 16.380 kilograms. 



» = 0.32243 cwt. or 32.243 Eng. lbs. 

 1 Russian pound = 32 lots = 96 zolotniks = weight of 25.019 cubic inches of 

 water at 13\'3° R. in vacuo. 

 » = 0.40951 kilograms = 409,51 grams. 



» = 0.90282 English pounds. 



Troi/ Weight. 

 1 zolotnik = 96 dolee. 



» . = 4.2657 grams. 



» = 65.830 grains, Troy. 



