METRIC TABLES 



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Equivalents of American measures in metric terms 



Approximately 

 1 inch is 2J^ centimeters 

 1 foot is 0.3 of meter . . 

 1 yard is 0.9 of meter . . 

 1 rod is 5 meters .... 

 1 chain is 20 meters . 

 1 furlong is 200 meters . . 

 1 mile is 1600 meters . . 

 1 nautical mile is 1850 meters 



Exactly 



(2.54) 



(.3048) 



(.9144) 



(5.029) 



(20.117) 



(201.17) 



(1609.3) 



(1853.2) 



1 sq. inch is 6\ sq. centimeters 

 1 sq. foot is 0.09 of sq. meter . 

 1 sq. yard is 0.83 of sq. meter 

 1 sq. rod is 25 sq. meters . . 

 1 rood is 1000 sq. meters . . 

 1 acre is 0.4 of hectare . . . 

 1 sq. mile is 258 hectares . . 



(6.451) 

 (.0929) 

 (.8361) 

 (25.29) 



(1011.7) 

 (.4047) 



(258.99) 



1 cubic inch is 161 cubic centimeters 

 1 cubic foot is 0.028 of cubic meter 

 1 cubic yard is 0.76 of cubic meter 

 100 cubic feet is 2.8 cubic meters 

 1 M board meas. is 23^ cubic meters 

 1 cord is 3.6 cubic meters . 

 1 U. S. liquid pint is 0.47 of liter 

 1 U. S. liquid quart is 0.9 of liter 

 1 U. S. liquid gallon is 3.7 liters . 



1 peck is 9 liters 



1 bushel is 36 liters 



8.81 

 35.24 



(16.387) 



(.028316) 



(.7645) 



(2.8316) 



(2.36) 



(3.624) 



(.473) 



(.946) 



(3.785) 



Eng. 9.08) 



Eng. 36.35) 



1 grain is 0.06}^ of gram 

 1 troy oz. is 31 grams . . 

 1 avoir, oz. is 28 grams . . 

 1 avoir, lb. is 0.45 of kilo . 

 60 lb. (wheat bu.) is 27 kilos 

 80 lb. (coal bu.) is 36 kilos 

 1 cental is 45 kilos . . . 

 112 lb. (cwt.) is 50 kilos . 

 1 net ton is 0.9 metric ton . 

 1 gross ton is 1 metric ton . 



(.0648) 



(31.103) 



(28.35) 



(.4536) 



(27.216) 



(36.287) 



(45.36) 



(50.8) 



(.9072) 



(1.016) 



Money Tables 



English money 



4 farthings (qr.) = 1 penny (d.). 



12 pence =1 shilling (s.). 



20 shillings = 1 pound or 80vereign(£). 



21 shillings =1 guinea (g.). 



£. 8. d. qr. 



1 = 20 = 240 = 960 



1 = 12 = 48 



1 pound is about $4.86. 1=4 



