TABLE SHOWING RELATION OF WEIGHTS AND 

 MEASURES OF THE METRIC SYSTEM TO APPROX- 

 IMATE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF THE U. S. 



One Myriametre = 



One Kilometre = 



One Hectometre = 



One Decametre 



One METRE 



One Decimetre = 



One Centimetre = 



One Millimetre = 



One Myriagramme 

 One Kilogramme 

 One Hectogramme 

 One Decagramme 



One GRAMME 



MEASURES OF LENGTH. 

 10,000 metres 



1,000 " = 



100 " 

 10 " 



f the ten millionth part of a 

 -j quarter of the Meridian of 

 ( the Earth 



the tenth part of one metre 

 J the one hundredth part of > 

 \ one metre j 



f the one thousandth part ofl 

 1 one metre f 



WEIGHTS. 

 10,000 grammes 

 1,000 " 

 100 " 



: 32800. feet. 

 = 3280. " 

 = 328.0 " 

 = 32.80 



39'368 inches. 

 = 3.936 

 = -393(1) " 

 39 (A) " 



= 26^ pounds Troy. 



One Decigramme 

 One Centigramme 



One Milligramme 



One Myrialitre 

 One Kilolitre 

 One Hectolitre 



One Decalitre 

 One LITRE 

 One Decilitre 

 One Centilitre 

 One Millilitre 



-f: 



f the weight of a cubic centi- \ 

 \ metre of water at 4 C. j 



the tenth part of one gramme 



f the hundredth part of one 1 

 \ gramme / 



( the thousandth part of one 1 



\ gramme / 



MEASURES OF CAPACITY 

 10 cubic Metres or the ^ 

 measure of 10 Milliers of V 



( water J 



_ ? I cubic Metre or the meas- \ _ 

 ~ \ ure of i Millier of water / ~~ 



f 100 cubic Decimetres orS 

 = -j the measure of I Quintal > = 



( of water J 



f 10 cubic Decimetres 

 = -j the measure of i Myria 



( gramme of water 



C i cubic Decimetre or the 1 

 = ! measure of I Kilogramme > 



[ of water 



T 100 cubic Centimetres or 

 = -j the measure of I Hecto- 



( gramme of water 



{10 cubic Centimetres or 

 the measure of I Deca- 

 gramme of water 

 {I cubic Centimetre or the ~| 

 measure of I gramme of V 

 water J 



= 3^4 ounces 



2*4 drachms " 



= 15434 grains. 



= 1-543 ( 11 A] " 



= - J 54 (i) " 

 = -015 (A) " 



2600. gallons. 



260. " 



26. " 



"I 



na- > = 



2.6 " 



2.1 pints. 

 3.3 ounces. 



2.7 drachms. 

 16.2 minims. 



