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further subdivided into tenths or decigrammes, hundredths 

 or centigrammes, and thousandths or milligrammes, the mil- 

 ligramme being equal to about ^ of a grain. 



The higher multiple of 1000 grammes constitutes the 

 kilogramme. It is the commercial unit of weight, and 

 represents 15,432 English grains, or rather less than 2^ 

 Ibs. avoirdupois. 



The weight of 1000 kilogrammes, or a cubic meter, of 

 water, is 0.9842 of a ton, which is sufficiently near to a ton 

 weight to allow of its being reckoned as one ton in rough 

 calculations. 



Various plans have been devised for converting the 

 French weights and measures into their English equiva- 

 lents. The following tables will be found useful for this 



purpose : 



MEASURES OF LENGTH. 



MEASURES OF VOLUME. 



Milliliter, or 1 cubic centimeter 



Centiliter, or 10 cubic centimeters 



Deciliter, or 100 cubic centimeters 



Liter, or 1 cubic decimeter, or 1000 cubic centimeters. 



Decaliter 



Hectoliter 



Kiloliter 



Myrialiter 



Milligramme 



Centigramme 



Decigramme = 1.54323 



Gramme... . = 15.43235 



MEASURES OF WEIGHT. 



English grains. 

 = .01543 

 = .15432 



Decagramme.. 

 Hectogramme. 

 Kilogramme . . 

 Myriagramme. 



Cubic inches. 



.06103 



.61027 



6.10271 



61.02705 



610.27052 



6,102.70515 



61,027.05152 



010,270.51519 



English grains. 

 154.32349 

 1,543.23488 

 15,432.34880 

 154,323.4880 



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