470 APPENDIX. 



TABLE CLXII. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 

 Linear Measure. 



1 inch .. ' . . V. . . ... = 0-0254 metre. 



1 foot = 12 inches . V . . . . . =-0-3048 



1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches . . . . ' . = 0-9144 



1 metre = 10 decimetres = 100 centimetres = 1,000 millimetres. 



1 metre = 39-371 inches = 3-281 feet = 1-094 yards. 



Square Measure. 

 1 square inch . . . . . . . .-= 0-000645 sq. metre. 



1 square foot =144 square inches = 0-0929 



1 square yard = 9 square feet = 1,296 sq. inches = 0-8361 



1 sq. metre = 100 sq. decimetres = 10,000 sq. centimetres = 1,000,000 



sq. millimetres. 

 1 sq. metre = 1,550-6 sq. inches = 10-764 sq. feet = 1-196 sq. yards. 



Cubic Measure. 



1 cubic inch . . . .'..'.. = 0-00001639 cub. metre. 

 1 cubic foot = 1,728 cubic inches . . = 0-0283 



1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet = 46,656 cubic ins. = 0-7645 



1 cubic metre = 1,000 cubic decimetres = 1,000,000 cubic centimetres 

 = 1,000,000,000 cubic millimetres. 



1 cubic metre = 61,027 cub. ins. = 35-317 cubic ft. = 1-308 cubic yds. 



Measures of Capacity. 



1 gill . . . ... . . . = 0-1420 litre. 



1 pint = 4 gills . ... . . =0-5679 



1 quart = 8 gills = 2 pints .... = 1-1359 litres. 



1 gallon = 32 gills = 8 pints = 4 quarts . . = 4-5435 



*1 barn gallon = 68 gills = 17 pints = 8 quarts . . = 9-6548 

 1 litre = 1,000 cubic centimetres = 1,000,000 cubic millimetres. 

 1 litre = 7-043 gills = 1-7608 pints = 0-8804 quarts = 0-2201 gallon 

 = 0-1036 barn gallon.* 



Avoirdupois Weight. 



I grain . = 0-0648 gramme. 



1 drachm = 1-7718 grammes. 



1 ounce = 16 drachms . , ..- . = 28-349 



1 pound = 256 drachms = 16 ounces . . =453-59 



1 quarter = 7,168 drachms = 448 ounces = 28 Ibs. = 12,700-5 

 1 hundredweight = 28,672 drachms = 1,792 ozs. = 



112 Ibs. = 4 quarters . . . =50,802 



1 ton = 573,440 drachms = 35,840 ozs. = 2,240 Ibs. 



= 80 qrs. = 20 cwt. . . . . =1,016,047 



1 metric ton = 1,000 kilogrammes. 

 1 kilogramme = 1,000 grammes. 



1 gramme = 10 decigrammes = 100 centigrammes = 1,000 milligrammes. 

 1 gramme = 15-43 grains = 0-5644 drachm = 0-03527 oz. = 0-002205 Ib. 

 = 0-00001968 cwt. = 0-000000984 ton. 



* The barn gallon is not a legal measure ; all contracts made in barn 

 gallons are null and void. It is, however, much used. 



