Miscellaneous Measures
Miscellaneous Measures
16 ounces = I pound of flour. : 7 pounds ............ = I gallon. 14 pounds = I peck. 8 stones or II2 pounds. = I cwt.
Foreign Weights and Measures
Metric System of Weights and Measures. - The metric system is based upon the distance from the equator to the pole. The ten-millionth part…
Cubic, or Measures of Capacity
Cubic Inches. Cubic Feet.
Measures of Weight
Grains.
Square or Measures of Surface
0.321507 0.0220462 0.0001968 0.0000098 3.215073 0.2204621 0.0019684 0.0000984 32.150727 2.2046213 0.0196841 0.0009842 321.507267 22.0462126…
Measures Into
ENGLISH.
Miscellaneous Foreign Measures
AMSTERDAM.
Florence and Leghorn
100 lbs. or I cantaro MALTA. 74.86 lbs. 100 lbs. I cantar.
Measures of Ores, Earth, Etc
13 cubic feet of ordinary gold or silver ore, in mine.. I ton-2000 lbs. 20 cubic feet of broken quartz I ton- 2000 lbs.
Argentine Republic (Money of account is now)
The money of account is now the peso nacionale divided into 100 centavos, the English sovereign being valued at 5 pesos and 4 centavos…
The Old Systems
The klafter of 6 Vienna feet = 6.23 Imperial feet; the Viennaell = 30.6 Imperial inches; the posting mile of 4000 klaftern = 4.71 British…