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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
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Labor (a cultivated field).—A square containing 1,000,000 square varas, or 177 acres.
Texas Measure.—League and labor, 20,000,000 square varas, or 4,605 acres.
To find the number of acres in a given number of square varas, divide by 5,046, fractions rejected.
THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH SYSTEMS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES COMPARED.
The unit of the metric or French system of weights and measures is the metre, which is equal to 39.37 inches.
The Measures of Length are:
1 | millimetre | = | .03937 | inch. |
1 | centimetre | = | .3937 | " |
1 | decimetre | = | 3.937 | inches. |
1 | metre | = | 39.37 | " |
1 | decametre | = | 32.809 | feet. |
1 | hectometre | = | 19.8842 | rods |
1 | kilometre | = | .6213 | mile. |
1 | myriametre | = | 6.2138 | miles |
Measures of Surface.
1 | square centimetre | = | .155 | square inch. | ||
1 | square decimetre | = | 15.5 | square inches. | ||
1 | square metre or | = | 10.764 | square feet | ||
1 | centare | = | 1.96 | square yard. | ||
1 | square decametre or | = | 3.954 | square rods. | ||
1 | are | = | .0247 | acre. | ||
1 | square hectometre, or 1 hectare | = | 2.471 | acres. | ||
1 | square kilometre | = | .3861 | square mile. |
Measures of Volume.
1 | cubic centimetre | = | .061 | cubic inch. | ||
1 | cubic decimetre or | = | .0353 | " | ||
1 | litre | = | 1.0567 | liquid quart. | ||
1 | cubic metre, or 1 stere | = | 35.3165 | cubic feet. |