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above amount, the result being 400.58 millimetres (or, 

 what is sufficiently near, 401 millimetres), which = 15.77 

 iDches. 



(3) To reduce 120.44 inches to millimetres, find in the 

 same manner the equivalent of 1.2, which is 30.48, move 

 the point two places to the right, and 3048. results ; add 

 the equivalent of 0.44, which is 11.18, and the result is 

 3059 millimetres = 120.44 inches. 



