ON A SIMPLE DECIMAL SYSTEM FOR ENGLAND, 
269 
2-20462)99-99900(45-3588, or 45-359 lbs. nearly. 
881848 
1181420 
1102310 Equivalent to 
*79110 45 lbs. 359 karats. 
661386 
1297140 
1102310 
194830 
1763696 
184604 
1763696 
82344 
Tbe answer is laboriously obtained with three times the amount of com- 
putation. 
TABLE OE RELATIVE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 
One metre 
n 
ii 
One inch 
One mile 
One French toise 
One French foot 
„ inch 
Line = ^ i nc h 
Point 
= 39-37078980 inches. 
= 3-28089916 feet. 
1-09363305 yard. 
25-39954113 millimetres. 
1609-314926165447 metres. 
2 metres. 
333^ millimetres = 12-789 inches. 
27f „ = 1-065 „ 
2} „ = 0-088815 „ 
£ part of a line = 0-1480 „ 
Jewel carat = 
Troy carats, stand, gold = 
Hamburg carat = 
Par in silver, £1 = 
Par in gold, £1 = 
Weight of sovereign = 
Of pure gold = 
Weight of shilling = 
Of pure silver = 
The kilogramme = 
The litre = 
n — 
ii ~ 
The gallon (dist. water) = 
3£ grains diamond weight. 
22 out of 24 pure gold. 
12 grains. 
25 francs. 
25-22 „ 
123-27447 grains. 
1 13-00159 „ 
87*27273 „ 
80-72727 „ 
2-20462124 lbs. 
cube of a decimetre 
3 93707898 3 cubic inches. 
61-027082 „ „ 
277-274 cubic in., weighing 70,000 grs. 
