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ni. New French Weights and Measures. 



After the revolutioa the French introduced a new set of 

 weights and measures, all decimal ; the basis from which they 

 were all constructed was the metre, which was made equal to 

 the tec millionth part of the quadrant of the meridian. The 

 metre was carefuliy compared with an English standard measure 

 of 49 inches in length, made by Troughton, and lent by Mr. 

 Pictet to a committee of the French Institute for the purpose. 

 From this comparison, attending to some observations on the 

 subject made by Dr. Young, the following tables of the values 

 of the new French measures and weights in English measures 

 and weights have been constructed. 



Measures of length, the metre being at 32°, the foot at 62. 



English Inches. 



Millimetre . « 0-03937 



Centimetre 0-39371 



Decimetre 3-937JO 



Metre . 39-37100 



Decametre 393.71000 



Hecatometre 3937*10000 



Chiliometre. 39371-00000 



Myriometre. 393710-00000 



Miles. Fur. Yds. Ft. Inches^ 



A decametre is 0 0 10 2 9-7 



A hecatometre 0 0 109 1 1, 



A chiliometre. . , 0 4 213 1 10-2 



A myriometre 6 1 156 0 6 



8 chiliometres are nearly 5 miles. 



2. Measures of capacity. 



\ Cubic inches English^ 



Millilitre or centimetre cube. . . 0-06103 



Centilitre 0*61028 



Decilitre. 6*10280 



Litre, or cubic decimetre ...... 61*02800 



Decalitre 610*28000 



Hecatolitre 6102*80000 



Chiliolitre 6 1028*00000 



Myriolitre 610280*00000 



A litre is nearly 2\ wine pints: 14 decalitres are nearly 3 

 wine pints, A chiliolitre is 1 tun^ 12*75 wine gallons^ 



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