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CONVERSION TABLES OF METRIC AND IMPERIAL MEASURES
───────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────── Centimetres │ Grammes │ Kilos ⎫ to 10 lb. to Inches. │ to Grains. │ Litres⎭ gallons. ───────────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────── 1. 0·39370113 │ 1. 15·432356 │ 1. 0·22046 2. 0·78740226 │ 2. 30·864713 │ 2. 0·44092 3. 1·1811339 │ 3. 46·29707 │ 3. 0·66138 4. 1·5748452 │ 4. 61·72942 │ 4. 0·88184 5. 1·9685565 │ 5. 77·16178 │ 5. 1·10231 6. 2·3622678 │ 6. 92·59414 │ 6. 1·32277 7. 2·7559791 │ 7. 108·02649 │ 7. 1·54323 8. 3·1496904 │ 8. 123·45885 │ 8. 1·7637 9. 3·5434017 │ 9. 138·89121 │ 9. 1·98416 ───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────────
1 inch = 2·54 centim. 1 foot = 30·48 „ 1 yard = 91·44 „ 1 mile = 1609 metres. 1 sq. yd. = 0·836 sq. metre. 1 sq. rod = 25·3 „ 1 sq. rood = 1011 „ 1 acre = 0·404 hectare.
1 cubic inch water 252-1/4 grs. = 16·38 c.c. or grammes. 1 „ foot „ 62-1/3 lb. = 28 c. decim. or kilos.
1 grain = 6·48 centigr. 1 ounce = 28·35 grammes. 1 lb. = 453·59 „
1 hectolitre = 2-2/3 bushels. 3 „ = 1·03 quarter. 1 „ to the hectare = 1-1/9 bushel to 1 acre. 1000 kilos to the hectare = 0·4 ton to 1 acre. 1 franc a hectolitre = 3·6 pence a bushel. 1 franc 100 kilos = 22-1/2 pence a quarter. 98 pence a ton.
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Bushel, old and of U.S., 96; Winchester, 119; Imperial, 124
Cubit, natural, 1; Egyptian common, or Olympic, 2, 14; Egyptian royal, 18; Great Assyrian or Persian, 23; Beládi, 25; Talmudic, 27, 238; Black, Al-Mamūn’s, 28; Hashími, 214
Egypt, modern, W. & M., 67, 213, 220, 235
England, linear measures, 58; land-measures, 65; wine-measures, 114; corn-measures, 118; commercial weights, 93; mint-weights, 127, 250; money, 174
Foot, origin of, 4; Olympic, 4; Egyptian royal, 12; Assyrian, 25; Beládi, 26; Burgos, 26, 211; Black, 29; Roman, 18; English, 49, 60; Rhineland, 52; Hanseatic, 207; Amsterdam, 207; French, 259; French reduced, 159, 261
France, W. & M., Southern, 253; Northern, 259; Metric, 271
Gallon, Wine, 114; Corn, 119; Imperial, 123
Greece, ancient, W. & M., 17, 68; Coin-weights, 43
Imperial bushel, 123; gallon, 123; pound, 102; system, 295