8(5 PRACTICAL AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY [273-274 



273. — English Weights and Measures 



apothecaries' weight avoirdupois weight 



lb. oz. drnis. scruples grains 



1 = 12 = 96 = 288 = 5760 



1 = 8 = .24 = 480 



I = 3 = 60 



1 = 20 



lb. 



gallon 



IMPERIAL MEASURE 



1 gallon 



1 fluid ounce = V5 pint 



x gallon 



z fluid ounce 



70,000 grains of water at i6*7°C 



437 ' 5 lUl I. " 



277 280 cubic inches 

 i"733 m 



274.— Metric Weights and Measures 



inches 



MEASURES OF CAPACITY 

 I litre = 1 cubic decimetre 



1 Millilitre, or I 

 I Cubic centimetre (c.c.) J 



Centilitre = 



Decilitre as 



Litre c= 



Decalitre = 



Hectolitre = 



Kilolitre s* 



Myiiolitm = 



litre 



0001 



001 



o'i 



i*o 



io'o 



zoo'o 



iooo'o 



ioooo'o 



f cubic inch = 

 f cubic foot = 

 1 gallon m 



cubic inches 

 m 0*06103 



= 0*61027 



= 6"zo27 



= 61*027 



= 610*27 

 a= 6102 '7 

 = 6 1027 'o 

 = 610270*0 

 0*01639 litre. 

 2 8*3 T 53i litres. 

 4*S4336 „ 



pints 



0*00176 



0*01761 



0*17608 



1*76077 



1760773 



176*07734 



I 76o-7734i 



17607*73414 



