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METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



1.056 qt. wine measure, or .908 qt. dry measure, or a trifle 

 more than a wine quart. 



10 millilitres 

 10 centilitres 

 10 decilitres 

 10 litres 

 10 decalitres 

 10 hectolitres 

 10 kilolitres 



TABLE. 



Full. 



1 centilitre. 

 1 decilitre. 

 1 Litre. 

 1 decalitre. 

 1 hectolitre. 

 1 kilolitre. 

 1 myrialitre. 



Contracted. 



100 centilitres = 1 litre. 

 100 litres = 1 hectolitre. 



1000 litres = 1 kilolitre. 



WEIGHT. 



The unit commonly used in philosophical experiments, 

 by jewellers and druggists is the gram. Its weight is 15.432 

 gr. troy. 



The unit commonly used by grocers is the kilogram, com- 

 monly contracted kilo. It is the weight of a litre of pure 

 water, and equals 2.2046 Ibs., or about 2 Ibs. avoirdupois. 



The unit commonly used in weighing heavy bodies, as 

 coal, iron, marble, R. R. freight, &c., is the tonneau. It 

 is the weight of a cubic metre of pure water, and equals 

 2204.6 Ibs. avoirdupois. 



TABLE. 



Full. 



10 milligrams = 



10 centigrams = 



10 decigrams 

 10 grams 



10 decagrams = 



1 hectograms = 



10 kilograms 

 10 myriagrams = 



1 quintals = 



1 centigram. 

 1 decigram. 

 1 Gram. 

 1 decagram. 

 1 hectogram. 

 1 kilogram. 

 1 myriagram. 

 1 quintal. 

 1 tonneau. 



Contracted. 



100 centigrams = 1 gram. 

 1000 grams = 1 kilogram. 



1000 kilograms = 1 tonneau. 



