416 METEIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



Each side of this square measures 



1 Decimeter, or 

 10 Centimeters, or 

 100 Millimeters, or 

 3.937 English inches. 



A liter is a cubic measure of 1 decimeter in the side, or a cube 

 each side of which has the dimensions of this figure. 



When full of water at 4 C. a liter weighs exactly 1 kilogramme, 

 or 1000 grammes, and is equivalent to 1000 cubic centimeters, or 

 to 61.024 cubic inches, English. 



A gramme is the weight of a centimeter cube of distilled water ; 

 at 4 C. it weighs 15.432 grains. 



100. 



Centim- 

 eter. 



-1 



-5 



-in 



- 4 inches. 



The measures of capacity are connected with those of 

 length by making the unit of capacity in this series a cube 

 of one decimeter, or 3.937 English inches, in the side; this, 

 which is termed a liter, is equal to 1.7637 imperial pints, or 

 to 61.024 cubic inches. 



Finally, the system of weights is connected with both the 

 preceding systems by taking as its unit the weight of a 

 cubic centimeter of distilled water at 4 C.: it weighs 15.432 

 English grains. The gramme^ as this quantity is called, is 



