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GENERAL INFORMATION.
Measures of Capacity.
The litre is the unit of capacity, both of liquid and of dry measures, and is equal in volume to one cubic decimetre.
Dry measure | Liquid measure | ||||||||||
1 | centilitre | = | .61 | cubic inch | = | ·338 | fluid oz. | ||||
1 | decilitre | = | 6 | ·10 | cubic inches | = | ·845 | gill. | |||
1 | litre | = | .908 | quart | = | 1 | ·0567 | quart. | |||
1 | decalitre | = | 9 | ·081 | quarts | = | 2 | ·64175 | gallons. | ||
1 | hectolitre | = | 2 | ·837 | bushels | = | 26 | ·4175 | " | ||
1 | kilometre, or stere | = | 28 | ·37 | bushels | = | 264 | ·175 | " | ||
1 | ·308 | cubic yard | |||||||||
1 | myrialitre | = | 283 | ·72 | bushels | = | 2,641 | ·75 | " |
Measures of Weight.
The gramme is the unit of weight, and is equal to a weight of a cubic centimetre of distilled water.
1 | centigramme | = | ·1543+ | grain, troy. | |||
1 | decigramme | = | 1 | ·5432+ | "" | ||
1 | gramme | = | 15 | ·432+ | grains " | ||
·03527+ | ounce, avoirdupois. | ||||||
1 | decagramme | = | ·3527+ | " " | |||
1 | hectogramme | = | 3 | ·5274+ | ounces, " | ||
1 | kilogramme or kilo | = | 2 | ·6792 | pounds, troy. | ||
2 | ·2046+ | "avoirdupois. | |||||
1 | myriagramme | = | 22 | ·046+ | " " | ||
1 | quintal | = | 112 | " " | |||
1 | tonneau or ton | = | 22 | ·046+ | " " | ||
1 | ·1023 | ton. |
N. B.—Except the table of the metric system, the preceding part of this chapter is taken almost verbatim from Castro's Republic of Mexico.