FRENCH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, WITH THEIR 

 ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS. 



SUPERFICIAL MEASURE. 



Square yards. 



Centiare, .... 1.1960 



Are (a square decametre), 119.6040 



Decare, 1196.0460 . 



Hectare, 11960.4604 or 2 acres, 1 rood, 35 perches. 



Arpent = 40.466 ares, = 4840 square yards, or 1 Imperial acre. 



WEIGHTS. 

 Grains avoirdupois. 



Miligramme, . . . . 0.0154 



Centigramme, .... 0.1543 



Decigramme, .... 1.5434 



Gramme, .... 15.4340 



Decagramme, .... 154.3402 

 Hectogramme, . . . 1543.4020 or 3.527 oz. 



Kilogramme, 35.300 or 2.206 Ib. 



Myriagramme, 22.0485 



Quintal, 220.4850 



Millier or bar = 9 tons 16 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 Ib. or . . . 22048. 



MEASURES OP CAPACITY. 

 Cubic inches. 



Militre, 0.06103 



Centilitre, .... 0.61028 



Decilitre, .... 6.10280 



Litre (a cubic decimetre), 61.02803 or 0.264 wine gallons, or 2.1135 



wine pints. 



Decalitre, 2.642 



Hectolitre, 26.419 or 22 imperial gallons, or 



2.7513 imperial bushels. 

 Setier, 4.4300 



LONG MEASURE. 



Millimetre, . . . 0.03937 inches. 



Centimetre, . . . 0.39371 



Decimetre, . . . 3.93710 



Metre, . . . 39.37100 or 3.2809 feet. 



Decametre, 32.8091 



Hectometre, 328.0916 or 109.363 yds. 



Kilometre, 1093.633 



Myriametre, 10936.330 



League, . . 2.422 miles. 



MONET. 



1 franc =100 centimes = 9^d. 

 25 francs, ... 1. 



