Comparison of Metric and Customary Standard Weights and Measures. [Volume: 8, Issue: 6, 1890, pp. 338-341]

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CONVERTING METRIC TO. CUSTOMARY SYSTEM.
Linear Mleasure.
1 metre = 39.37 inches or 3.28083 feet or 1.093611 yards.
1 kilometre = 0.62137 square mile.
Square Measure.
1 square centimetre = 0.1550 square inch.
1 square metre = 10.764 square feet or 1.196 square yards.
1 hectare - 2.471 acres.
Cubic Measure.
1 cubic centimetre = 0.0610 cubic inch.
1 cubic decimetre - 61.023 cubic inches.
1 cubic metre = 35.314 cubic feet or 1.308 cubic yards.
Measures of Capacity.
1 millilitre or cubic centimetre - 0.27 fluid dram.
1 centilitre = 0.338 fluid ounce.
1 litre = 1.0567 quarts.
1 dekalitre = 2.6417 gallons.
1 hektolitre- 2.8375 bushels.
Measures of Weight.
1 milligramme = 0.01543 grain.
1 kilogramme = 15432.36 grains or 2.20462 avoirdupois pounds.
1 gramme ==0.03215 troy ounce.
1 hectogramme = [100 grammes] 3.5374 avoirdupois ounces.
1 quintal = 220.46 avoirdupois pounds.
1 millier or tonne = 2204.6 avoirdupois pounds.
Mr. T. C. Mendenhall, Superintendent of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey, states that the yard in use in the United
States is equal to the British yard. The grain troy is the same as
the grain avoirdupois, and the pound avoirdupois in use in the
United States is equal to the British pound avoirdupois. The