Table 5. 



EQUIVALENTS OF METRIC AND BRITISH IMPERIAL WEIGHTS 

 AND MEASURES.* 



(1) METRIC TO IMPERIAL 



(For U.S. Weights and Measures, see Table 3.) 



LINEAR MEASURE. 



I millimeter (mm.) 



(.ooi m.) 

 I centimeter (.oi m. 

 I decimeter (.i m) 



I METER (m.) 



I dekameter 



(lo m.) 

 I hectometer 



(loo m.) 

 I kilometer 



(i.ooo m.) 

 I myriameter 



( 10,000 m.) 

 I micron . . 



= 0-03937 'n. 

 = 0.39370 " 

 = 3-93701 " 



(39-370113 " 

 = ] 3.280843 ft. 



( 1.09361425 yds. 



= 10.93614 

 = 109.361425 

 = 0.62137 mile. 

 = 6.21372 miles. 

 == 0.00 1 mm. 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



I sq. centimeter . . 

 I sq. decimeter 



(100 sq. centm.) 

 I sq. meter or centi- 



are (100 sq. dcm.) 

 I ARE (100 sq. m.) 

 I hectare (100 ares 



or 10,000 sq. m.) 



h 

 h 



h 



0.1550 sq.m. 



15.500 sq. in. 



10.7639 sq. ft. 

 1. 1960 sq. yds. 

 119.60 sq. yds. 



2.47 1 1 acres. 



CUBIC MEASURE. 



I cub. centimeter 



(c.c.) (1,000 cubic 



millimeters) 

 1 cub. decimeter 



(c.d.) (1,000 cubic ^ = 61.024 



centimeters) 



I CUB. METER ) 



or stere ? . 

 (1,000 c.d.) ) 



0.0610 cub. in. 



( 35.3148 cub. ft. 

 J 1.307954 cub. yds. 



MEASURE OF CAPACITY. 



I milliliter (ml.) (.001 

 liter) 



I centiliter (.01 liter) 



I deciliter (.1 liter) . 

 I LITER (1,000 cub. 

 centimeters or i 

 cub. decimeter) 

 I dekaliter (10 liters) 

 I hectoliter (100 " ) 

 I kiloliter (1,000 " ) 



= { 



0.0610 cub. in. 



0.61024 " " 

 0.070 gill. 

 0.176 pint. 



= 1.75980 pints. 



= 2.200 gallons. 



= 2.75 bushels. 



= 3.437 quarters. 



APOTHECARIES' MEASURE. 



I cubic centi- ) ( 0.03520 fluid ounce. 



meter ('( = % 0.2S1 57 fluid drachm. 



gram w't) ) ( 15.43236 grains weight. 

 I cub. millimeter = 0.01693 minim. 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 



I milligram (mgr.) . . 

 I centigram (.01 gram.) 

 I decigram (.1 " ) 



I GRAM 



I dekagram (10 gram.) 

 I hectogram (100 " ) 



I KILOGRAM (1,000" ) 



I myriagram (10 kilog.) 

 I quintal (100 " ) 

 I millier or tonne | 

 (1,000 kilog.) I ■ ■ 



= 0.01543 gram. 

 = 0.15432 " 

 = 1.54324 grains. 

 =15.43236 " 

 = 5.64383 drams. 



= 3-52739 oz- 

 2.2046223 lb- 



154323564 

 grains. 

 22.04622 lbs. 

 1.96841 cwt. 



0.9842 ton. 



TROY WEIGHT. 



0.03215 oz. Troy. 

 0.64301 pennyweight. 

 15.43236 grains. 



APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 



( 0.25721 drachm. 

 ==< 0.77162 scruple. 

 ( 15.43236 grains. 



Note. — The Meter is the lenp;th, at the temperature of o° C, of the platinum-iridium bar deposited at the 

 International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, near Paris, France. 



The present leeal equivalent of the meter is ^o.^yoiij inches, as above stated. 



The ICiLOORAM is the mass of a platinum-iridium weight deposited at the same place. 



The Liter contains one kilogram weight of distilled water at its maximum density (4° C), the barometer being 

 at 760 millimeters. 



*In accordance with the schedule adopted under the Weights and Measures (metric system) Act, 1897. 

 Smithsonian Tables. 



