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APPENDIX. 



TABLE CXXXVIII.— Weights and Measures. 



Linear Measure. 



1 inch 



1 foot = 12 inches 



1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches 



1 metre = 10 decimetres = 100 centimetres = 1000 millimetres. 



= 0-0254 metre. 

 = 0-3048 „ 

 = 0-9144 ,, 



1 metre ; 



= 1 -094 yards. 



= 0-000645 sq. metre, 

 = 0-0929 

 = 0-8361 



39-371 inches = 3-281 feet 



Square Measure. 



1 square inch . .... 



1 square foot = 144 square inches 



1 square yard = 9 square feet = 1296 sq. inches 



1 sq. metre = 100 sq. decimetres = 10,000 sq. centimetres = 1,000,000 



sq, millimetres. 

 1 sq. metre = 1550-6 sq. inches = 10-764 sq. feet = 1-196 sq. yards. 



Cubic Measure. 



\ cubic inch = 0-00001639 cub. metre. 



1 cubic foot = 1728 cubic inclies . . =0-0283 ,, 



1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet = 46,656 cubic ins. = 0-7645 ,, 



1 cubic metre = 1000 cubic decimetres = 1,000,000 cubic centimetres 



= 1,000,000,000 cubic millimetres. 

 1 cubic metre = 61,027 cub. ins. = 35-317 cubic ft. = 1-308 cubic yds. 



Measures of Capacity. 



IgiU 

 I pint 

 1 quart 

 1 gallon 



= 0-1420 litre. 

 = 0-5679 „ 

 = 1-1359 litres. 

 = 4-5435 „ 

 = 9-6548 ,, 



= 4 gills .... 

 = 8 gills = 2 pints . 

 = 32 gills = 8 pints = 4 quarts 

 1 barn gallon = 68 gills = 17 pints = 8 J quarts 



1 litre = 1000 cubic centimetres = 1,000,000 cubic millimetres. 

 1 litre = 7-043 gills = 1-7G08 pints = 0-8804 quart = 0-2201 gallon 

 = 0-1036 barn gallon.* 



Avoirdupois Weight. 



1 grain . . ... 



1 drachm ... ... 



1 ounce = 16 drachms 



1 pound = 256 drachms = 16 ounces 



1 quarter = 7168 drachms = 448 ounces = 28 lbs 



1 hundredweight = 28,672 drachms = 1792 ozs. = 



112 lbs. = 4 quarters .... 

 1 ton = 573,440 drachms = 35,840 ozs. = 2240 lbs. 



= 80 qrs. = 20 owt 



0-0655 grammes. 

 - 1-7718 

 : 28-349 

 : 453-59 

 12,700-5 „ 



: 50-802 



: 1,016,047 ,, 



1 metric ton = 1000 kilogrammes. 

 1 kilogramme = 1000 grammes. 



1 gramme = 10 decigrammes = 100 centigrammes = 1000 milligrammes. 



1 gramme = 15-43 grains = 0-5644 drachm = 003527 oz. = 0-002205 lb 



= 0-00001968 cwt. = 0-000000984 ton. 



* The barn gallon is not a legal measure ; all contracts made in bara 

 gallons are null and void. It is, however, much used. 



