TABLE 5. 



EQUIVALENTS OF METRIC AND BRITISH IMPERIAL WEIGHTS 

 AND MEASURES.* 



(1) METRIC TO IMPERIAL. 



(For U.S. Weights and Measures, see Table 3.) 



NOTE. Tlie METER is the length, at the temperature of o C., of the platinum-iridium bar deposited at the 

 International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, near Paris, France. 



The present leeal equivalent of the meter is 39.370113 inches, as above stated. 



The KILOGRAM is the mass of a platinum-iridium weight deposited at the same place. 



The LITER contains one kilogram weight of distilled water at its maximum density (4 C.), the barometer bein 

 at 760 millimeters. 



*In accordance with the schedule adopted under the Weights and Measures (metric system) Act, 1897. 

 SMITHSONIAN TABLES. 



