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METRIC EQUIVALENTS
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
TROY.
24 grains (gr.)
1 pennyweight-pwt.
LINEAR MEASURE.
20 pwt
1 ounce-oz.
3.2 grains
1 carat, diamond wt.
1 centimeter=0.3937 in.
1in.=2.54 centimeters.
By this weight gold, silver and j jewels only
1 decimeter=3.937 in.=
1ft.=3.048 decimeters.
are weighed. The ounce and pound in this
0.328feet.
are the same as in apothecaries' weight.
1meter=39.37in.=1.0936
yards.
1 yard=0.9144 meter.
APOTHECARIES'.
1 dekameter=1.9884 rods. 1 rod=0.5029 dekameter.
20 grains
1 scruple. 8 drs
1 ounce.
1 kilometer=0.62137 mile. 1 mile=1.6093 kilometers
3 scruples...... drachm. 12 OZS
1 pound.
AVOIRDUPOIS.
SQUARE MEASURE.
16 drachms.... 1 ounce. 4 qrs 100 weight-cwt.
16 ounces 1 pound. 20 hundred weight.
1 sq. centimeter=0.1550
1 sq. inch=6.452 square
251 bs
1 quarter-qr.
1 ton.
sq.in.
centimeters.
5,760 grains apothecaries' or troy weight. 11b.
1 sq. decimeter=0.1076
1 sq.foot=9.2903 square
7,000 grains avoirdupois weight
11b.
sq.ft.
decimeters.
Therefore, 144 lbs. avoirdupois equal 175 lbs.
1
sq. meter=1.196 sq. yd. 1sq.yd.=0.8361a sq. meter
apothecaries' or troy.
1 are.=3.954 sq. rods.
1 sq. rod=0.2529 are.
1 hektar=2.47 acres.
acre=0.4047 hektar.
LIQUIDS.
1 sq. kilometer=0.386
sq. mile=2.59 square
1 gallon oil weighs 7.321 gallon sea water
sq.m.
kilometer.
lbs. avoirdupois.
8.55 lbs.
1 gallon distilled water 1 gallon proof spirits,
8.33 lbs.
7.68 lbs.
MEASURE OF VOLUME.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1 cu. centimeter=0.061
1 cu. inch=16.39 cu. cen-
IRON, LEAD, ETC.
BEEF, PORK, ETC.
cu. in.
timeters.
14 pounds 1 stone.
200 pounds 1 barrel.
1 cu. decimeter=0.0353
1 cu.foot=28.317 cu. de-
21 1/2 stones
1 pig.
196 lbs. (flour) 1 barrel.
cu. ft.
cimeters.
8 pigs
1
fother.
100 lbs. (fish) 1 quintal.
1 cu.
1 cu. yd==0.7646 cu. meter
1 ster
=10.2759 cd.
1 cord=3.624 sters.
DRY.
10.908 qt. dry.
1 qt. dry=1.101 liters.
2 pints
1 quart-qt. 4 pecks....1bushel-bu.
1 liter=
11.0567 qt.liq.
1 qt.liq.=0.9463 liter.
8 quarts
peck-pk. 36 bushels...1 chaldron
1
dekaliter gal. 1 gal.=0.3785 dekaliter.
LIQUID OR WINE.
1.135 pecks. 1 peck=0.881 dekaliter.
4 gills
1 pint-pt. U. S. Standard Gallon
1 hektoliter=2.8375 bush. 1 bu.=0.3524 hektoliter.
2 pints quart-qt.
231 cubic inches.
4 quarts, 1 gallon-gal. Beer gal
282 cub.in.
WEIGHTS.
31 1/2 gal. 1 barrel-bbl. 36 beer gallons
2bbls. 1 hogshead-hhd.
1 barrel.
1 gram=0.03527 ounce.
1 ounce=28.35 grams.
1 kilogram=2,2046 lbs.
1 lb.=0.4536 kilogram.
TIME.
60 seconds
1 metric ton=1.1023 Eng-1
1 English ton=0.9072
1 minute days (in comput-
lish ton
metric ton.
60 minutes
1 houring interest) 1 month.
24 hours
1 day 52 weeks and 1 day or
7 days
APPROXIMATE METRIC EQUIVALENTS.
1 week] 12 cal. months 1 year.
4 weeks 1 lunar month 365 days, 5 h., 48 m.
1 decimeter=4 inches.
1 liter=
(1.06 qt. liquid.
28, 29, 30, or 31 days and 49 seconds
1 calendar month.
1 meter=1.1 yards.
10.9 qt. dry.
1 solar year.
1 kilometer= of mile.
1 hektoliter=2% bu.
CIRCULAR.
1 kilogram=21/6 lbs.
60 seconds
1 hektar=21/2 acres.
1 minute
90 degrees 1 quadrant
1 ster. or cu. meter=14
60 minutes
1 metric ton=2200 lbs.
1 degree
4 quadrants or 360 de-
of q cord.
30 degrees
1 sign grees
1 circle.

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