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SURVEYOR'S MEASURE
CENSUS OF CITIES
7.92 inches=1 link
4 rods=1 chain
25 links = 1 rod
CITIES OVER 25,000
1910
1920
% Inc'so
10 square chains or 160 sq. rods = 1 acre
Akron, Ohio
69,067
208,435
201.8
640 acres square mile
Alameda, Cal
23,383
28,806
23.2
36 sq. miles (6 miles sq.) =1 township
Albany, N. Y
100,253
113,344
13.1
Allentown, Pa
Cubic Measure.
51,913
73,502
41.6
Altoona. Pa
52,127
1,728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot
60,331
15.7
Anderson, Ind
22,476
29,767
32.4
128 cubic feet=1 cord (wood)
Amsterdam, N. Y
31,267
33,524
7.2
27 cub. ft =1 cu. yd. 40 cub. ft. =1 ton shpg.
Asheville, N. C
18,762
28,504
51.9
2,150.42 cubic inches standard bushel
Atlanta, Ga
154,839
200,616
29.6
268.8 cubic inches-1 standard gallon dry
Atlantic City, N. J
46,150
50,707
9.9
231 cubic inches-1 standard gallon liquid
Auburn, N. Y
34,668
36,192
4.4
3 cubic foot=about four-fifths of a bushel
Augusta, Ga
41,040
52,548
28.0
Aurora, III
29,807
36,397
22.1
METRIC EQUIVALENTS Linear Measure
Austin, Tex
29,860
34,876
16.8
1 centimeter 0.3937 in. 1 in. ==2.54 centimeters.
Baltimore, Md
558,485
733,826
31.4
1 decimeter 3.937 in.
1 foot=3.048 deci-
Bangor, Maine
24,803
25,978
4.7
=0.328 feet.
Battle Creek, Mich
meters.
25,267
36,164
43.1
1 meter 39.37 in. =
Bay City, Mich
45,166
47,554
5.3
1 yard 0.9144
Bayonne, N. J
1.0936 yards.
55,545
76,754
38.2
meter.
Beaumont, Tex
20,640
40,422
95.8
1 dekameter = 1.9884 rods.
1 rod =0.5029 deka.
Bellingham, Wash
24,298
25,585
5.3
1 kilometer = 0.62137 mile. 1 mile =1.6093 kilo.
Berkeley, Cal
40,434
56,036
38.6
Square Measure.
Bethlehem, Pa
12,837
50,358
292.3
1 sq. centimeter 0.1550
Binghamton, N. Y
48,443
66,800
37.9
1 sq. inch=6.452 sq.
Birmingham, Ala
square inches
132,685
178,806
34.8
centimeters.
Bloomington, Ill
1 sq. decimeter = 0.1076
25,768
28,725
11.5
1 sq. foot=9.2903 sq.
Boston, Mass
670,585
748,060
11.6
square ft
decimeters.
Bridgeport, Conn
102,054
143,555
40.7
1 sq. meter - 1.96 sq. yd.
.=0.8361 q.mr.
Brockton, Mass
56,878
66,254
16.5
1 acre = 3.954 sq. rods
1 sq. rd. I 0.2529 acre
Brookline, Mass
27,792
37,748
35,8
1 bektar=2.47 acres
Buffalo, N. Y
1 acre 0.4047 hektar
423,715
506,775
19.6
1 sq. kilometer 0.386
Butte, Mont
39,165
41,611
6.2
1 sq. m. =2.59 sq. kilo-
Cambridge, Mass
104,839
109,694
4,6
sq. m.
meters.
Camden, N. J
94,538
116,309
23.0
Weights.
Canton, Ohio
50,217
87,091
73.4
1 gram-0.03527 ounce.
1 ounce=28.85 grams.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
32,811
45,566
38,9
1 kilogram=2.2046 lbs.
1 1b. :0.4536 kilogram.
Charleston, S. C
58,833
67,957
15.5
1 metric ton = 1.1023
1 English ton =0.9072
Charleston, W. Va
22,996
39,608
72.2
English ton.
Charlotte, N. C
34,014
metric ton.
46,338
36.2
Chattanooga, Tenn
44,604
57,895
29.8
Approximate Metric Equivalents.
Chelsea, Mass
32,452
43,184
33.1
1 decimeter=4 inches 1 liter s 1.06 qt. liquid.
Chester, Pa
38,537
58,030
50.6
1 meter=1.1 yards.
0.9 qt. dry.
Chicago, Ill
2,185,283
2,701,705
23.6
1 kilometer=% of mile. 1 hektoliter=2% bush.
Chicopee, Mass
25,401
36,214
42.6
1 hektar=21/2 acres.
Cincinnati, Ohio
1 kilogram 2 1/5 lbs.
363,591
401,247
10.4
1 ster. or cu. meter=
Clarksburg, W. Va
9,201
27,869
202.9
1 metric ton=2,200 lbs.
Cleveland, Ohio
560,663
796,841
42.1
1/4 of a cord.
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