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1 French kilogramme = 1000 grammes = 2-21 lbs. av. 

 nearly = 2-68 lbs. troy = 2*0429 French livres. 



To reduce Approximately 



Fr. kilograms to Eng. av. pounds, mult, by 2-2055 or add 6-5. 



Prussian, (including Hanoverian, Bruns- 

 wick, and Hessian,) pounds, to Eng. 



avoir, pounds, " « 1-031114 " '•* 1-32. 



Fr. livre, (poids de marc) to Eng. av. lbs. " " 1-079642 " "2-25. 



Eng. av. lb. to French kilogram, " " 0-453414 " sb. 11-20 



Eng. av. lb. to French livre, " " 0-9262 " " 1-13 



Eng. cwt. (112'lbs.) to a metric quintal, 



(= 100 kilog. French,) « " 0-5078 



Eng. cwt. to a Pius, centner, (=H01bs.) " " 0*9875 " " 1-80 



Eng. cwt. to a quintal, (old measure= 



100 livres,) " " 1-0385 « add 2-53 



A metric quintal to an English cwt. " " 1*971 



A quintal, old meas. to an Eng. cwt. " " 0-963 " sub. 1-27. 



A Prussian centner to an Eng. cwt. " " 1.0127 " add 1-80. 



The old French livre contained 2 marcs, or 16 ounces ; 

 a marc = 3778 Eng. grs. A marc at Cologne, (Ham- 

 burgh, etc.,) = 8 oz. = 3608 Eng. grs. 



The Russian pood (or pud) = 40 Russian pounds = 36 

 English pounds avoirdupois. 



12 inches English, 1 foot. 



3 feet, 1 yard. 



40 rods, 1 furlong. 



8 furlongs, 1 mile. 



3 miles, 1 league. 



6 feet, 1 fathom. 



60 geographical miles, 1 degree. 



69^^tatute miles (nearly,) 1 degree. 



A French meter=3 feet, 3*371 inches English, or more 

 correctly, 39*37079 inches English=3 feet, inches, 11*296 

 lines French. A tiilorneiei =3280*9 English ieet, or y^yhs 

 of a -statute mile. 



A French toise=6'3946 English feet=6 old French feet. 



English. French. Prussian, Danish and Rhenish 



Foot:— == -9382928 = -9711361. 



To raduce Approximately 



French feet to English, multiply by 1 4 065765 or .add 1-15 



English feet to French, « " 09382928 or subt. 1-16 



French meters to English feet, " « 3-280899 or add 23-7 



French meters to English yards, " " 1 093633 or add 1-11 



English feet to French meters, " " 0-3047945 or subt. 7-10 



The French foot according to an act in 1812, is a ^ of a 

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