128 The Horticulturist's Rule- Book. 



Miscellaneous Table, continued. 



An imperial gallon = 277.274 cubic inches. 



A U. S. bushel = 2, 150. 42 



A U. S. bushel heaped =2,688 



An English bushel =2,218.192 " 



i pint of water weighs 1.0431 Ibs. 



i gallon of water weighs 8.3450 Ibs. 



i cubic foot of water weighs 62.425 Ibs. at 39.2 F. 



An English (statute) mile is 1,760 yards. 



A Scotch mile is 1,984 " 



An Irish mile is 2, 240 ' ' 



A Dutch mile is 8, 101 " 



A Roman mile is 1,628 " 



A German mile is 6, 859 ' ' 



A Russian mile is i, 100 ' ' 



An Arabian mile is 2, 148 ' ' 



A sea (nautical) mile is 2,026 " 



Equivalents of Metric Measures of Capacity. 



Metric denominations Dry measure. Liquid measure 



i millimeter . . . = .001816 pts. = .0338 fl. oz. 



i centiliter .... =* .01816 pts. = .338 fl. oz. 



i deciliter = .181625 pts. = .84532 gi. 



i liter = .908128 qts. = 1.056745 qts. 



i dekaliter = 9.08128 qts. = 2.64186 gals. 



i hectoliter. ... = 2.8379 bus. = 26.4186 gals. 



i kiloliter = 28.379 bus. = 264.186 gals. 



i myrialiter . . . = 283.79 bus. = 2641.86 gals. 



equivalents of Metric Linear Measure. 



Equivalents in English 



measure, 

 i millimeter = .05937 inches. 



i centimeter = -3937 " 



i decimeter = 3.93707 ' ' 



i meter = 39. 37079 ' ' 



i dekameter = 32.80899 ft. 



i hectometer = 19.88423 rods. 



