WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



Sq. Inches. Sq. Feet. 

 144= 1 



1296= 9=1 sq. yard. 

 39,204= 272.25 = 30.25 sq. yards = 1 perch. 

 1,568,160=10,890 = 1210 " " = 40 perches = 1 rood. 

 6,272,640 = 43,560 =4840 " " =160 " = 4 roods = 1 acre. 

 An acre is 69.5701 square yards : or, 208.710321 square feet. 

 A township is 6 miles square = 36 sections. 

 A section " 1 mile " = 640 acres. 



= 160 

 = 40 



Cu. in. 



1,728 

 46,656 



SOLID MEASURE. 



I cubic foot. 

 27 cubic feet ■ 



1 cubic yard. 



DRY MEASURE. 



Pints. 



1 = 33-6 cubic inches. 



2=1 quart = 67.2 cubic inches. 



8=4 quarts = 1 gallon = 26S.8 cubic inches. 

 16 = 8 " =2 gallons = 1 peck = 537.6 cubic in 

 64 = 32 " =8 " =4 pecks = 1 bushel. 



The Standard U. S. Bushel is the Winchester 

 Bushel, which is, in the cylinder form, i8j4 in. 

 in diameter and 8 in. deep, and contains 2150.42 cub. 

 inches. 



The English Imperial bushel = / 2218.192 cubic inches. 

 & * \ 1.03152 U. S. bush« 



METRIC, OR FRENCH WEIGHTS. 



The English quarter = 



hel. 

 Imperial bushels. 

 8% (nearly) U. S. bushels. 

 10.2694 cubic feet. 



Milligram = 

 Centigram = 

 Decigram = 

 Gram = 



Decagram = 

 Hectogram = 

 Kilogram = 

 Myriogram = 

 Quintal 

 Tonneau 



Gram. 

 .001 



10 



100 

 1000 



10,000 



100,000 



1,000,000 



Troy Gr. 

 = -01543 

 = -15433 

 = 1-5433 

 = 15-43316 = 



Avoir. 



Oz. Avoir. Lb 

 .03528 = .0022045 



•3528 



= 3-52758 = 



= 35-2758 = 



022047 

 220473; 

 = 2.204737 

 = 22.04737 

 = 220.4737 

 =2204.737 



METRIC, OR FRENCH DRY AND LIQUID MEASURE. 



Milliliter 



Centiliter 



Deciliter 



Liter 



Decaliter 



Hectoliter 



Kiloliter 



Myrialiter 



Lit. U. 



S. Cu. In. 

 .061 = -i 



= .61 = 



= 610.16 = 

 U. S. Cu. Ft. 

 = 3-531 = 



Liquid 

 t Dry 

 / Liquid 

 I Dry 

 _ / Liquid 

 ~ t Dry 



f Liquid 



( Dry 

 _ J Liquid 

 Dry 

 Liquid 

 Dry 



U.S. 

 .00845 gi'l- 

 .0018 pint. 

 .0845 gill. 

 .018 pint. 



= 1000 = 35.31 

 = 10,000 = 353.1 



- 



.845 

 .18 



2.113 



1.8 



2.641 



9.08 

 26.414 



2.837 



Liquid 264.141 

 Dry 28.374 



Liquid 2641.4 

 Dry 283.7 



gill = 0.2113 pint. 



pint. 



pints = 1.057 quarts. 



pints = .908 quart. 



gallons. 



quarts 



gallons. 



bushels. 



gallons. 



bushels. 



gallons. 



bushels. 



1.135 pints. 



METRIC, OR FREIXH LINEAL MEASURE. 



Millimeter* 



Centimeter! 



Decimeter 



Meter 



Decameter 



Hectometer 



Kilometer 



Myriameter 



Meter. 

 .001 



100 



1000 



10,000 



U. S. In. 



= -03937 

 = -3937 . 

 = 3-937 

 = 39-3685 



* Nearly the j' 5 of an inch. 



3 

 3 



328 



3,280 



32,807 



Ft. 



.00328 



.03280 



.32807 



.2807 



.807 



.07 



■7 



Yd. 

 .10936 

 1 .0936 

 10.936 

 109.36 

 1093.6 

 10,936 



t Full y% of an inch. 



Mile. 

 = .0621347 

 = .6213466 

 = 6.213466 



METRIC, OR FRENCH SQUARE MEASURE. 



Sq. Meter. U. S. Sq. In. 

 Sq. Centimeter = .01= -155= 



Sq. Decimeter = .1 = 15.5 = 



Centiare = 1 = 1549.88 = 



Are = 10 =154,988 = 



Hectare = 100 = 



Sq. Kilometer = .38607 Sq. Mile 

 Sq. Myriameter = 38.607 " 



Sq. Ft. Sq. Yd. 



.10763= .01196 Acre. 



10.763 = 1. 196 = .00025 



1076.3 = 1 19.6 = .0247 



107,630 = 11,959 = 2.47 



= 247 



= 24,708 . 



COMPARISON OF U. S. FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



Austria 



Bremen 



Buenos Ayres,. . . . 



China, 



Cuba, 



Denmark, 



England, 



France 



Hamburg, 



["pan 



Mexico, 



Norway and Sweden, 

 Papal States, .... 



Portugal 



Russia 



Turkey 



Weights. 



Name. 

 Pfund 



Libra 



Catty 



Libra 



Pund 



Pound 



Kilo 



Pfund 



Mon me 



Libra 



Skalpund 



Libbra 



Libra 



Font 



Oke 



U. S 



ft>s. Av. 

 1-235 

 1.099 

 1.0127 



1-3333 

 1. 0119 

 1. 1025 

 1 



2.0246 

 1.0683 

 3.858 

 1.0119 

 •937 

 •7475 

 1.0119 

 0.007 

 2.834 



Liquid Measures. 



Name. 

 Euner 

 Stubchen 

 Frasco 



U. S. gal. 

 = 14-95 

 - .851 

 = .627 



Arroba = 



Pott = 



I mp. gallon = 



Liter = 



Ohm = 



Masa = 



Frasco = 



Katnea = 



Barile(w'e) = 



Almude = 



Vedro = 



4.1 



•255 

 1.2003 



.2642 

 38.278 



•459 



•4 



.662 

 15.412 

 4.422 

 3-249 



Dry Measures. 



Fanega 



Rubblio 

 Alqueira 

 Chetvierl 

 Kilo 



