METRIC TABLES 



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Paper and book denominations 



24 sheets =1 quire. 



20 quires =1 ream, 



2 reams =1 bundle. 



5 bundles =1 bale. 



bale bdl. rm. qr. sheets 



1 = 5 = 10 = 200 = 4800 



1 = 2 = 40 = 960 



1 = 20 = 480 



1 = 24 



500 sheets is often called a ream in commerce. 



Folio in a book or folded periodical = 2 leaves, or 4 pages. 



Quarto = 4 leaves, or 8 pages. 



Octavo = 8 leaves, or 16 pages. 



Duodecimo =12 leaves, or 24 pages. 



16mo =16 leaves, or 32 pages. 



18mo =18 leaves, or 36 pages. 



24mo =24 leaves, or 48 pages. 



32mo. =32 leaves, or 64 pages. 



Metric Weights and Measures 



Metric weight 



Names 



Millier or Tonneau 

 Quintal .... 

 Myriagram 

 Kilogram or Kilo 

 Hectogram 

 Dekagram . . 

 Gram .... 

 Decigram . . 

 Centigram . . 

 Milligram . . . 



Number op 

 Grams 



1,000.000 



100,000 



10,000 



1,000 



100 



10 



1 



tV 



TOiJ 



tasa 



Equivalents in 



Denominations of 



Avoirdupois Weight 



2204.6 lb. 



220.46 lb. 



22.046 lb. 



2.2046 lb. 



3.5274 oz. 



0.3527 oz. 



15.432 gr. 



1.5432 gr. 



0.1543 gr. 



0.0154 gr. 



One gram is the weight of one cubic centimeter of distilled water 

 at its maximum density (39.1° F.) in a vacuum. As a matter of 

 fact, however, the gram now in use is the one-thousandth part of the 

 weight of a kilogram of platinum, which was deposited in the Palace 

 of the Archives in Paris, in 1799, by the international commission 

 which was appointed to fix the standards of what is now known as the 

 metric system. 



