TABLE 3. 



EQUIVALENTS OF METRIC AND BRITISH IMPERIAL WEIGHTS 

 AND MEASURES.* 



(1) METRIC TO IMPERIAL. 



NOTE. The METRE 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 legal equivalent of the metre is 39.370113 inches, as above stated. 



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



The LITRE contains one kilogramme weight of distilled water at its maximum density (4 C.), the barometer being 

 at 760 millimetres. 



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

 SMITHSONIAN TABLES. 



