TRANSLATOR'S APPENDIX. No. i. 



ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS OF THE FRENCH 

 DENOMINATIONS USED IN THIS VOLUME. 



MEASURES OF LENGTH. 



i kilometre = 1000 metres = 0*6214 mile 



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i metre = i '0936 yards 3*2 809 feet = 39'37 

 inches. 



i decimetre = o f i metre 10 centimetres 

 = 100 millimetres = 3 -937 inches. 



i centimetre = ooi metre = o'i decimetre 

 10 millimetres 0*3937 inches. 



i millimetre = 'ooi metre '01 decimetre 

 = 0*1 centimetre = '03937 inches. 



MEASURES OF SURFACE. 



i square metre = \'\^ square yards 107698 

 square feet. 



I square millimetre = 0-00155 square inch. 



MEASURES OF VOLUME. 



i litre = i cubic decimetre 1000 cubic 

 centimetres = 6f '02709 cubic inches- 0*22017 

 gallon = 0-88066 quart = 1-76133 pints. 



i cubic centimetre (cc) = '001 litre = 0*06103 

 cubic inch. 



WEIGHTS. 



i kilogramme = 1000 grammes = 2*20462 

 pounds avoirdupois. 



i gramme - 15-43235 grains - 0*035274 os. 

 avoirdupois. 



i decigramme = o f i gramme. 



i centigramme 0*01 gramme. 



I milligramme = 0*001 gramme. 



