XIV 



FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



Foreign weights and measures, with American equivalents Continued. 



Denominations. 



Where used. 



Livre (pound) Greece 



Do I Guiana 



Load England (timber) 



American equivalents. 



i.i pounds. 

 1.0791 pounds. 

 Square, 50 cubic 



feet; 



unhewn, 40 cubic feet; 

 inch planks, 600 super- 

 ficial feet. 



Manzana Costa Rica j if acres. 



Do Nicaragua and Salvador ! 1.727 acres. 



Marc Bolivia ; 0.507 pound. 



Maund India 82? pounds. 



Meter I Metric..... 39.37 inches. 



Mil Denmark 4.68 miles. 



Do Denmark (geographical) 4.61 miles. 



Milla Nicaragua and Honduras 1.1493 miles. 



Morgen i Prussia 0.63 acre. 



Oke j Egypt 2.7225 pounds. 



Do Greece 2.84 pounds. 



Do Hungary 3.0817 pounds. 



Do Turkey 2.85418 pounds. 



Do Hungaryand Wallachia 2.5 pints. 



Pic Egypt 2iJ< inches. 



Picul 4 Borneo and Celebes ! 135.64 pounds. 



Do China, Japan, and Sumatra 133^3 pounds. 



Do Java 135. i pounds. 



Do Philippine Islands (hemp) J 39-45 pounds. 



Do Philippine Islands (sugar) 140 pounds. 



Pie Argentine Republic 0.9478 foot. 



Do Castile 0.91407 foot. 



Pik Turkey 27.9 inches. 



Pood Russia 36.112 pounds. 



Pund (pound) Denmark and Sweden 1-102 pounds. 



Quarter Great Britain 8.252 bushels. 



Do London (coal) 36 bushels. 



Quintal Argentine Republic 101.42 pounds. 



Do Brazil 130.06 pounds. 



Do Castile, Chile, Mexico, and Peru 101.61 pounds. 



Do Greece 123.2 pounds. 



Do Newfoundland (fish) 112 pounds. 



Do Paraguay 100 pounds. 



Do Syria 125 pounds. 



Do Metric 220.46 pounds. 



Rottle Palestine 6 pounds. 



Do Syria sK pounds. 



Sagen j Russia 7 feet. 



Salm ! Malta 490 pounds. 



Se i Japan 0.02451 acres. 



Seer India i pound 13 ounces. 



Shaku Japan 11-9305 inches. 



Sho do 1.6 quarts. 



Standard (St. Petersburg) Lumber measure 165 cubic feet. 



Stone British 14 pounds. 



Suerte Uruguay 2,700 cuadras (see cua- 



dra). 



Sun Japan 1-193 inches. 



Tael Cochin China 59- 75 grains (troy). 



Tan Japan 0.25 acre. 



To do 2 pecks. 



Ton j Space measure 40 cubic feet. 



Tonde (cereals) I Denmark 3-94?8s bushels. 



Tondeland ! do 1.36 acres. 



Tsubo j Japan 6 feet square. 



Tsun.... I China 1.41 inches. 



