10 Table 5. 



EQUIVALENTS OF BRITISH IMPERIAL AND METRIC WEIGHTS 

 AND MEASURES. 



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



LINEAR MEASURE. 



I inch .... 



I foot (12 in.) . 

 I YARD (3 ft.) . 

 I pole (5iyd.) . 

 I chain (22 yd. or ) 

 100 links) \ 



I furlong (220 yd.) 



j 25.400 milli- 

 ( meters. 

 0.30480 meter. 



0.914399 " 

 5.0292 meters. 



20.1168 " 



201.168 " 



M / ^ , ^ S 1-6093 kilo- 



I mile (1,760 yd.) .= I meters. 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



I square inch . . = 



I sq. ft. (144 sq. in.) = 



I SQ. YARD (9 sq. ft.) = 



I perch {30J sq. yd.) = 

 I rood (40 perches) 



( 6.4516 sq. cen- 



j timeters. 



( 9.2903 sq. deci- 



\ meters. 



( 0.836126 sq. 



} meters. 

 ( 25.293 sq. me- 

 ( ters. 

 10.117 ares. 

 0.4046S hectare. 



I ACRE (4840 sq. yd.) 



I sq. mile (640 acres) = j 259.00 hectares 



CUBIC MEASURE. 



I cub. inch = 16.387 cub. centimeters. 

 I cub. foot (1728 / _ (0.028317 cub^me- 



cub. in.) 



( 



ter, or 28.317 

 cub. decimeters. 



CUB YARD (27 / ^0.76455 cub. meter 

 cub. ft.) J ^^ 



APOTHECARIES' MEASURE. 



I gallon (8 pints or | 



160 fluid ounces) j 

 I fluid ounce, f 3 / 



(8 drachms) ) 

 I fluid drachm, f 3 I 



(60 minims) J 



I minim, IT) (0.91 146 ( 



grain weight) \ 



= 4-5459631 liters. 



= { 



j 0.0 



^ I ce 



5.4123 cubic 

 centimeters. 



3.5515 cubic 

 centimeters. 

 35919 cubic 

 centimeters. 



Note. — The Apothecaries' gallon is of the same 

 capacity as the Imperial gallon. 



MEASURE OF CAPACITY. 



I gill 



I pmt (4 gills) . . . 

 I quart (2 pints) . . 

 I GALLON (4 quarts) 

 I peck (2 galls.) . . 

 I bushel (8 galls.) . 

 I quarter (8 bushels) 



= 1.42 deciliters. 



= 0.568 liter. 

 = 1. 1 36 liters. 



= 4-5459631 " 

 = 9.092 " 



= S'^Z? dekaliters. 

 = 2.909 hectoliters. 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 



I gram .... 



I dram .... 

 I ounce (16 dr.) . 

 I POUND (16 oz. or 



7,000 grains) 

 I stone (14 lb.) . 

 I quarter (28 lb.) 

 I hundredweight / 



(112 lb.) ) 



I ton (20 cwt.) 



^ 564.8 mill i- 

 grams. 

 1.772 grams. 

 28.350 « 



0-45359243 kilogr. 

 6.350 



12.70 " 



50.80 

 0.5080 quintal. 



1. 0160 tonnes 

 or 1016 kilo- 

 grams. 



;:1 



f 



= { 



TROY WEIGHT. 



I Troy OUNCE (480 ) 

 grains avoir.) ) 



I pennyweight (24 { 

 grains) J 



: 31.1035 grams. 

 ■■ 1-5552 " 



Note. — The Troy grain is of the same weight as 

 the Avoirdupois grain. 



APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. 



I ounce (8 drachms) ^31.1035 grams. 

 I drachm, 51(3 scru- { __ ggg « 



pies) J •'■ 



I scruple. 9i (20 / _ , « 



grains) ^ — 1.29b 



Note. — The Apothecaries' ounce is of the same 

 weight as the Troy ounce. The Apothecaries' 

 grain is also of the same weight as the Avoirdupois 

 grain. 



Note. — The Yard is the length at 62° Fahr.. marked on a bronze bar deposited with the Board of Trade. 



The Pound is the weight of a piece of platinum weighed m vacuo at the temperature of 0° C, and which is also 

 deposited with the Board of Trade. 



The Gallon contains 10 lb. weight of distilled water at the temperature of 62° Fahr., the barometer being at 

 30 Inches. 



Smithsonian Tables. 



