1 inch 2.54 centimeters 1 cord 3.624 steres
1 foot 3048 meter 1 liquid quart 9465 liter
1 yard .9144 meter 1 gallon 3.86 liters

1 rod 5.029 meters 1 dry quart 1.101 liters
1 mile 1.6093 kilometers 1 peck 8.811 liters
1 square inch 6.452 sq. centimeters] 1 bushel 35.24 liters

1 square foot .0929 sq. meter 1 ounceav’d’p /28.35 grams


1 square yard
1 square rod
1 acre

1 square mile
1 cubic inch
1 cubic foot
1 cubic yard


.8361 sq. meter
25.29 sq. meters
.4047 hectare
259 hectares


.02832 cu. meter
-7646 cu. meter


16.39 cu. centimeters


1 pound av’d’p
1 ton (2000 lbs.)
1 ton (2240 lbs.)
1 grain troy

1 ounce troy

1 pound troy


.4536 kilogram
.9072 metric ton
1.016 metric ton
.0648 gram
31.104 grams
3732 kilogram


318 APPENDIX,


TABLE FOR THE CoNVERSION OF METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES INTO CUs-
ToMARY UNITED States EQUIVALENTS AND THE REVERSE.
From the legal equivalents are deduced the following tables for convert-
ing United States weights and measures.
METRIC TO CUSTOMARY.
LINEAR MEASURE.
Meters = Inches. Meters = Feet. Meters = Yards. Kilometers = Miles.
1= 39.37 1= 3.28087 1=1.093623 1=0.62137
2= 78.74 2= 6.56174 2=2.187246 2=1.24274
3=118.11 3= 9.84261 3=3.280869 3=1.86411
4=157.48 4=13.12348 4=4.374492 4=2.48548
5=196.85 5=16.40435 5=5.468175 5=3.10685
6 = 236.22 6 =19.68522 6=6.561738 6=3.72822
7 = 275.59 7 =22.96609 7=7.655361 7=4.34959
8 =314.96 8 = 26. 24696 8 =8. 748984 8 =4.97096
9=354.33 9 = 29 . 52783 9=9.842607 9=5.59233


CUSTOMARY TO METRIC.
Linear MEasovre.
inches = Centimeters. Feet = Meters. Meters = Yards. Miles = Kilometers.
