Laboratory Outline for General Bacteriology 



Grains into grams 



Avoirdupois ounces into grams 



Troy ounces into grams 



Fluid ounces into cubic centimeters 



Pints into liters 



Inches into meters 



Degrees C. X 1.8 4- 32 = degrees F. 

 Degrees F. 32 1.8 == degrees C. 



0.0648 

 28.35 

 31.104 

 28.42 

 0.568 

 0.0254 



COMPARISON OF METRIC AND ENGLISH SYSTEMS 



Meter=39.3704 inches. 



Millimeter = 0.03937 inches (0.04 approximately) 



Inch ==25.3997 mm. (25.4 approximately) 



Liter = 2. 11 pints (1 quart approximately) 



Cubic centimeters = 16.23 minims. 



Fluid ounce^=29.578 cubic centimeters (30 cc. approximately) 



Gram = 15.432 grains 



Kilogram = 2.204 avoirdupois pounds 



Ounce avoirdupois 28.349 grains 



Pound avoirdupois = 453.584 grams 



Ounce troy = 31.103 grams 



Square centimeter 0.1548 square inches 



Square inch 6 square centimeters (approximately) 



Cubic centimeter = 0.0609 cubic inches 



Cubic inch = 16 cubic centimeters (approximately) 



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