6 
II.— Measures 
Metric to British Avoir 
The standard unit of Metric Weight is the Kilogramme, which is the weight of a 
Milligramme 
Grammes. 
1000 “ 
Grains. 
0*01543 
Troy Ounces. 
(480 grains.) 
o' 00003 
Avoirdupois Ounces, 
(4S7'S grains.) 
0*00003 
Centigramme 
=3 
rob “ 
0*15432 
0*00032 
0*00035 
Decigramme 
=3 
To 
i *54323 
0*00322 
o*oo 353 
Gramme 
= 
I = 
15-43235 
0*03215 
0*03527 
Decagramme 
= 
10 = 
I 54-32349 
0*32151 
0*35274 
Hectogramme 
= 
100 = 
r, 543-23487 
3*21507 
3-52739 
Kilogramme 
= 
1,000 = 
15,432-34874 
32- 15073 
35-27394 
Myrlagramme 
es 
10,000 — 
i 54 , 323'48740 
321*50727 
352'73940 
Quintal 
= 
100 Kilogrammes 
1*96841 Cwt. 
0-09842 Tons 
Millier or Tonne 
Milligrammes 
Grains. 
Centigrammes 
to 
Grains. 
= 1000 „ 
Decigrammes 
19-68412 „ 
Grammes 
0*98421 „ 
Multi 
Grains. 
Grains. 
Ap, Drachms. 
Troy oz. 
Avoir, oz. 
I 0*0154 
0*154 
1-543 
15*432 
0*2572 
0*032 
0-035 
a o 0309 
0309 
3*086 
30*865 
05144 
0*064 
0-071 
3 0*0463 
0*463 
4*630 
46-297 
0 7716 
0096 
0*106 
4 0*0617 
0*617 
6*173 
61*729 
1*0288 
0*129 
0*141 
5 0*0772 
0*772 
7*716 
77*162 
1*2860 
0*i6i 
o*i 76 
O o'0926 
0*926 
9*259 
92*594 
1*5432 
0*193 
0*212 
7 o - io8o 
I*o8o 
10*803 
108*026 
1*8004 
0*225 
0*247 
8 01235 
i* 23 S 
12*346 
123*459 
2*0576 
0*257 
0*282 
9 0*1389 
1*389 
I3’88g 
138891 
2*3149 
0*289 
0*318 
10 01543 
1*543 
15*432 
154*323 
2*5721 
0*322 
0*353 
Grain 
Scruple (A) = 
20 Grains 
— 
Milligrammes, 
64*79895 
1,295-97901 
British Troy and 
Centigrammes. Decigrammes, 
< 5 ' 479 SO 0-64799 
1 29' 59790 12-95970 
Pennyweight (T) = 
24 
= 
1,555*17481 
155-51748 
15-55175 
Drachm (A) = 
6° „ 
= 
3,887 9370a 
388-79370 
38*87937 
Ounce = 
480 ,, 
= 
31,103*49617 
3,110-34962 
31 1 *03496 
Pound — 
5,760 „ 
= 
373,241-95410 
37,324*19541 
3,732*41954 
In the new British Pharmacopoeia the Avoirdupois Ounce and 
Dram 
27*34 Grains 
Milligrammes. 
= 1, 77 1 '84630 
Centigrammes. 
177-18463 
Avoirdupois 
Decigrammes. 
17*71846 
Ounce 
= 
437*5 ,, 
= 28 , 349'54078 
2,834*95408 
283*49541 
Pound 
— 
7,ooo* „ 
= 453,592-65255 
45,359-26525 
4,535-92653 
Stone 
= 
14 lb 
= ... 
... 
Hundredweight 
= 
112 „ 
= 
Ton 
= 
3,240 „ 
= ... 
... 
Multi 
Grains 
4-n 
Apotheoaries’ Drachms 
Troy Ounces 
Milligram, Centigram, 
Grms. 
Decigrms, 
Grms. 
Decagrms. 
Grms, 
to 
Heotogrms, 
Kilogrms. 
1 
64*799 
6*480 
0*065 
38*879 
3*888 
0*389 
31*103 
o* 3 H 
0*031 
2 
129*598 
I2 - 96o 
0*130 
77*759 
7776 
0 778 
62*207 
0*622 
0062 
3 
194-397 
19*440 
0*194 
116*638 
11*664 
ri66 
93 ’ 3 io 
0-933 
0*093 
4 
259 -I 96 
25*920 
o *259 
I 55 - 5 I 7 
15-552 
1*555 
124*414 
1*244 
0*124 
5 
333-995 
32*399 
0*324 
194*397 
19*440 
1-944 
155*517 
1*555 
0*156 
6 
388*794 
38*879 
0*389 
233*276 
23*328 
2*333 
186*621 
1*866 
0*187 
7 
453*593 
45-359 
0*454 
272*156 
27-216 
2 722 
217*724 
2*177 
0*218 
S 
5 l 8 * 39 a 
51-839 
0*518 
311.035 
31-103 
3‘HO 
248-828 
2 * 4 S 8 
0*249 
9 
583 -I 90 
58-319 
0*583 
349*914 
34*991 
3*499 
279-931 
2*799 
0280 
10 
647-990 
64*799 
0*648 
388*794 
38*879 
3*888 
311-035 
3 *HO 
0*311 
Fractions of a Grain to Milligrammes. 
= 32*4 
i = I2'96 
1 
= 9*26 
TU) 
= 45*36 
>, 
— 21*6 
7, = 25'92 
1 
5 
= 8 * jo 
= 58-32 
= 43-2 
1 = 38-88 
■9 
= 7*20 
~2 0 
= 3*24 
4 
— :6 a 
* = 5**84 
10 
= 6-48 
= 1*30 
£ 
1 
= 486 
i = 10-80 
3 
10 
= 19*44 
I 
10O 
— 0*65 
