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Miscellaneous Tables, continued. 



An imperial gallon = 277.274 cubic inches. 



A U. S. bushel =2,150.42 " 



A U. S. bushel heaped =2,688 



An English bushel =2,218.192 " 



1 pint of water weighs 1.0431 lbs. 



1 gallon of Avater weighs 8.3450 lbs. 



1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.425 lbs. at 39.2° F. 



An English (statute) mile is ... . 1,760 yards. 



A Scotch mile is 1,984 " 



An Irish mile is 2,240 " 



A Dutch mile is 8,101 " 



A Roman mile is 1,628 " 



A German mile is 6,859 " 



A Russian mile is 1,100 " 



An Arabian mile is 2,148 " 



A sea (nautical) mile is 2,026 " 



Equivalents of Metric Measures of Capacity. 



Metric denominations. Dry measure. Liquid measure. 



1 mililiter . . . = .001816 pts. = .0338 fl.oz. 



1 centiliter . .= .01816 pts. = .338 fl.oz. 



1 deciliter . . = .181625 pts. = .84539 gi. 



1 liter = .908128 qts. = 1.056745 qts. 



1 decaliter . .= 9.08128 qts. = 2.64186 gals. 



1 hectoliter . . = 2.8379 bus. = 26.4186 gals, 



lkiloliter . . .= 28.379 bus. = 264.186 gals. 



1 myrialiter . . = 283.79 bus. = 2641.86 gals. 



Equivalents of Metric Linear Measure. 



Equivalents in English 

 measure. 



1 millimeter = .03937 inches. 



1 centimeter = .3937 " 



1 decimeter = 3.93707 " 



1 meter = 39.37079 " 



1 decameter = 32.80899 ft. 



1 hectometer = 19.88423 rods. 



1 kilometer = .62138 mile. 



1 myriameter ==- 6.21382 miles. 



