FRENCH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND THEIR 

 ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS 



\fji (micron) 

 1 millimetre 



25 millimetres 

 1 centimetre 

 2-5 centimetres 

 5 centimetres 

 1 gramme 

 4 grammes 



28 grammes 

 1 kilogramme 

 0-5 kilogramme 

 1 cubic centimetre 

 3 cubic centimetres 



28 cubic centimetres 

 568 cubic centimetres 

 1 litre 



0-001 millimetre (^ 5 Q 00 inch, nearly) 

 0-04 (Jg) inch. 

 1 inch. 

 0-39 inch. 



1 inch. 



2 inches. 



15 (15-432) grains. 



1 drachm (apothecaries'), nearly. 



1 ounce (avoirdupois), nearly. 



2-2 pounds (avoirdupois). 



1 pound (avoirdupois), nearly. 



16 minims, nearly (16'23 minims). 



1 fluid drachm, nearly. 



1 fluid ounce, nearly. 



1 pint (f litre). 



If pints, or 35 fluid ounces, nearly. 



SOLUBILITIES 



AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE CONTAINED IN 10 c.c. OF A 

 SATURATED SOLUTION 



Alcoholic solution of methylene-blue . 

 Aqueous solution of methylene-blue 

 Alcoholic solution of gentian violet 

 Aqueous solution of gentian violet 

 Alcoholic solution of fuchsin 

 Aqueous solution of fuchsin 

 Aqueous solution of corrosive sublimate 



0-068 grm. 

 0-646 grm. 

 0-442 grm. 

 0-175 grm. 

 0-292 grm. 

 0-066 grm. 

 0-507 grm. 



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