RUSSLVX WEIGHTS AND MEASUEES. XI 



RUSSIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



The following tables will serve to define the Russian weights and measures in 



terms of the French Metric System, as also those which are used in the United 



States. 



I. Long measure. 



The lineal measures of Russia have for a unit the foot, which, according to the 



laws of Peter the Great, is the same as the English foot. 



1 Russian foot = 1 English or United States foot. 



» = 12 inches = 120 lines = l,2iX) points. 



» = 0-304794 metre = 30-4794 centimetres. 



1 Russian arshine =16 vershoks = 28 inches. 



- = 2^'3 feet = 'I'g or 0*77778 yard = 0-71118 metre. 



1 Russian sagene = 7 feet = 3 arshines. 



» z= 2-13356 metres = 213-356 centimetres. 



» = 2-3333 yards. 



1 Russian verst --= 500 sagenes = 3,500 feet. 



» = 1066-78 metres = 1-06678 kilometres. 



» = 0-66269 English mile. 

 1 geographical mile = 6-956 versts = 7*420 kilometres. 



» = 4-601 English miles 



II. Square measure. 



1 square sagene = 49 sq. feet := 4-5521 sq. metres. 



» = 5-4444 sq. yards. 



1 dessiatine (Russian land measure) = 2,400 sq. sagenes. 



;^ = 1-0925 hectars = 2-6997 acres. 



1 square verst ^= 250,000 sq. sagenes =^ 104-17 dessiatines. 



» = 1-1380 sq. kilometres. 



» = 0-43916 sq. English mile. 



1 square geographical mile — 48*38 square versts. 



" =: 55-O6 » kilometres. 



-■> =: 21*25 ;> English miles. 



III. Cubic measure. 



1 cubic inch = 16*386 cubic centimetres. 



1 cubic sagene = 343 cubic feet. 



» =: 9-7 J 2 metres. 



» = 12-704 cubic yards. 



