British Currency Decimalised and Imperialised 15 



METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



10 Milligrams, mg 

 10 Centigrams 

 10 Decigrams... 

 10 Grams 

 10 Dekagrams 

 10 Hectograms 



10 Kilograms ... 

 10 Myriagrams 

 10 Quintals ... 



10 Centimils, cml 

 10 Decimils ... 

 10 Millilitres ... 

 10 Centilitres ... 

 10 Decilitres ... 



10 Litres 

 10 Dekalitres ... 

 10 Hectolitres... 

 10 Kilolitres . 



1000 Microns, ^ 



10 Millimetres 

 10 Centimetres 

 10 Decimetres 



10 Metres 

 10 Dekamitres 

 10 Hectometres 

 10 Kilometres... 



10 Centiares, 

 10 Deciares 

 10 Ares 

 10 Dekares 

 100 Hectares 



10 Decisteres, ds 

 10 Steres 



I. MEASURES OF WEIGHT. 

 (Measures for light goods.) 



= 1 centigram, eg ... ... ... O'Ol gm. 



= 1 decigram, dg 0*1 gm. 



= 1 Gram, gm (the unit. = 15*43 grs.) TO gm. 



= 1 dekagram, dkg ... ... ... lO'O gm. 



= 1 hectogram, hg ... ... ... lOO'O gm. 



= 1 kilogram, kg (the standard. = 



21bs. 3i oz.) l.OOO'O gm. 



(Measures for heavy goods.) 



= 1 myriagram, mg ... ... ... lO'O kg. 



= 1 quintal, q ( = 1'96 cwt.) lOO'O kg. 



= 1 ton, t ( = 0'98 B. ton) 1,000'0 kg. 



II. MEASURES OF CAPACITY. 



= 1 decimil, dml O'OOOl lit. 



= 1 millilitre(mil),mJ( = lc.cg) ... O'OOl lit. 



= 1 centilitre, cl O'Ol lit. 



= 1 decilitre, dl O'l lit. 



= 1 Litre, lit (unit and standard. 



= If pints) I'O lit. 



= 1 deckalitre, dkl 10*0 lit. 



= 1 hectolitre, hi 100*0 lit. 



= 1 kilolitre, kl 1,000*0 lit. 



= 1 myrialitre, myl 



... lO.OOO'O lit. 



III. MEASURES OF LENGTH. 



Microscopic Measure. 

 = 1 millimetre, mm ... ... ... O'OOl mm. 



Long Measure. 



= 1 centimetre, cm ... ... ... O'Ol m. 



= 1 decimetre, dm ... ... ... O'l m. 



= 1 Metre, m (unit and standard. 



= 39-37 m.) 1-0 m. 



Itinerary Measure. 



= 1 dekametre, dkm ... ... ... lO'O m. 



= 1 hectometre, hm ... ... ... lOO'O m. 



= 1 kilometre, /cm ( = 0-62 mile) ... 1,000*0 m. 



= 1 myriarnetre, mym lO'O km. 



IV. SQUARE MEASURE. 



= 1 deciare, da 



= 1 are, a 



= 1 dekare, dka 



= 1 hectare, ha ( = 2'47 acres) 



= 1 sq. kilometre 



V. CUBIC MEASURE. 



1 stere, s 



1 dekastere, dks ... 



.. lO'O sq.m. 

 .. lOO'O sq.m. 

 1,000*0 sq.m. 

 lO.OOO'O sq.m. 

 I'O sq.km. 



I'O c.m. 



lO'O c.m. 



