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FARMERS' REGISTER— FRENCH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



France is the metre, or the ten millionth part of the 

 quadrant of the terrestrial meridian, Irom the 

 equator to the north pole, which passes through 

 Paris. This quadrant was found, by very accurate 

 observations, to be 5130740 toisesot six feet each. 



and therefore the metre is equal to three feet ele-_ 

 ven lines, and jY-oV of the ancient measure of 

 France. From the metre, all other measures of 

 length are derived by decimal multiplication and 

 division, thus, 



Deca-metre is 

 Hecto-metre 

 Kilo-metre 

 Myria-metre 



Deci-metre is the 



Centi-metre 



Milli-metre 



Quadrant of the meridian 



Centesimal degi'ee 



Myriametre 



Kilometre 



Hectometre 



Decametre 



Metre 



Decimetre 

 Centimetre 

 Millimetre 



10 times the metre ^ 



100 times the metre 1 



1000 times the metre j 



10,000 times the metre J 



By multiplication. 



10th part of a inetre 



lOOdth part of a metre 



lOOOdth part of a metre 



French Linear Measure. 



English feet. 



32809167. 

 328091.67 

 32809.167 

 3280.9167 

 328.09167 

 32.809167 

 3.2809167 



By division. 



Old French feet. 



30784440. 

 307844.4 

 30784.44 

 3078.444 

 307.8444 

 30.78444 

 3.078444 



EnglUh inches. 



3.9371 



0.39371 



0.039371 



French lines. 



44.3295936 

 4.43295936 

 0.443295936 



French Superficial Measure. 



The unit of the,superficial or Agrarian measures of France, is the are, which is equal to 100 square 

 metres, or a square decametre; and the following table is obtained from it by decimal multiplication 

 and division, as before: 



The following subsidiary table Avill be found of frequent use. 



136466.17144 square French inches. 



The Are = 



The Hectare = 



The Centiare = 



947.68175 square French feet. 

 26.32449 square French toises. 

 2632.449 square French toises. 

 292.494 square perches of Paris. 

 195.802 square perches for Avaters and forests. 

 2.92494 square acres of Paris. 

 1.95802 square acre for waters and forests. 

 0.00051 square league. 

 1364.66174 square French inches. 

 9.47682 square French feet. 

 0.26324 square French toisee. 



Measures of Capacity. 



The unit, both of liquid and dry measures of capacity, is the litre^ which is equal to a cubic decimc- 

 ire. A Paris pint is equal to 0.9313177 litre, or 46.95 cubic inches. 



