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Tables of [Feighis- and Measure s> 



3, Weights. 



A gramme is the weight of a cubic centimetre of pure water 

 its maximum of density. It has been found equal to 18*S27 

 French grains, of which 576 made 472*5 English; and 

 489 5058 grammes make a pound of the standard of the mint 

 at Paris. 



English Grains. 



MiUigramrae 0*0154 



Centigramme 0'1544 



Decigramme 1*5444 



Gramme. 15*4440 



Decagramme •••••• 154*4402 



Hecatogramme 1544*4023 



Chiliogramme 15444*0234 



Myriogramme ................ 154410*2344 



A decagramme is 6 dwts. 10 44 grains Troy ; or 5*65 drams 

 avoirdupois. A hecatogramme is 30 ounces, 8*5 drams avoir- 

 dupois. A chiliogramme is 2 lbs. 3 oz. 5 dr. avoirdupois. A 

 myriogramme is 22 lbs. 1*15 oz. avoirdupois. 100 myrio- 

 grammes are 1 ton, wanting 32*8 lbs. 



4. Agrarian measures. 



Are, I square decametre , 3*95 perches. 



Hecatarc 2 acres, 1 rood, 35*4 perches, 



5. For firewood. 



Decistere, -j\ stere ...... 3*5317 cubic feet English. 



Stere, 1 cubic metre ..... 35*3171 cubic fe^t. 



6. Money. Copper. 



Centime, 1 gramme, j 15*4 English grains. 



5 centimes, or sous 77*2 



Decime 154*4 



2 Decimes . . 308*8 



Silver -^^ or f f fine. 



Franc, 5 grammes 3 dwts. 5*2 grains. 



5 francs 16 dwts. 2*1 



The franc is nearly the same as the livre tournois, and worth 

 about lOd. 



IV. German Weights and Measures, 



The weights used in Germany are very various. But those 

 that usually occur in chemical books are the apothecaries^ 

 weigiits, commonly known by the name of the Noremburg 



