UNITS OF MEASUREMENT. 871 



Volume. English to French. 



1 cubic inch. = 16.3861759 centimeters cubes. 



1 fluid ounce = 28.3495 



1 pint =567 



1 cubic foot : : 28.3153 liters. 



Volume. French to English. 



1 centimeter cube = 0.061027 cubic inch. 



1 liter (1000 c.c.) =61.027 cubic inches, 



or 35 fluid ounces, 



or ! 3 / 4 pints. 

 1 meter cube (1000 liters) = 35.3 cubic feet. 



Measures of Energy. 



1 kilogrammeter = about 7.24 foot-pounds. 

 1 foot-pound " 0.1381 KgM. 



Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. 

 1 kilocalorie = 424 (or 423.985) kilogrammeters. 



Fahrenheit and Centigrade Scales. 



To convert Fahrenheit into Centigrade subtract 32 and 

 multiply by 5 / 9 . 



To convert Centigrade into Fahrenheit multiply by % 

 and add 32. 



