IV 



CONTENTS. 



[Voi.. II. 



w 



SYMBOLS USED. 



is used after figures to indicate feet. 

 f is used after figures to indicate inches. 



" is used after figures to indicate lines, or twelfths of an inch. 

 r over syllables indicates the accent, and the short English .sound of the vowel, 

 v over syllables indicates the accent, and the long, broad, open or close English sound 

 of the vowel. 



IN THE METRIC SYSTEM 



The metre = 39.37 inches, or 3 feet 3.37 inches. 

 The decimetre = 3.94 inches. 

 The centimetre | of an inch, or 4$ lines. 

 The millimetre = 5 ' 5 of an inch, or i a line. 

 2\ millimetres = i line. 



very nearly. 



NEW YORK, May 31, 1897. 



