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MEASURES OF BULK AND CAPACITY.

100 drops make a spoon.
100 spoons make a quart.
100 quarts make a cast.

 

MEASURES OF WEIGHT.

⁠100 seeds make a corn.
⁠100 corns make a nut.
⁠100 nuts make a bi-pound or bip,
1,000 bips make a ton.

 

B.—TABLE OF METRIC UNITS.

MEASURES OF LENGTH.

Ratio to next unit.	Metric name.	New name.	Value in English measure.
100,000..		Atom unit	Inch	0	∙00000000039
10..		Heat wave	Inch	0	·00003937
10..		Spider's web	Inch	0	·0003937
10		Hair	Inch	0	·003937
10..	Millimetre	Pin	Inch	0	·03937
10..	Centimetre	Nail	Inch	0	·3937
10..	Decimetre	Hand	Inches	3	·937
10..	Metre	Metre	Inches	39	·37
10..	Decametre	Half-chain	Feet	32	·809
10..	Hectometre	Bow-shot	Yards	109	·363
10..	Kilometre	Kilo	Mile	0	·62138
1,000..	Myriametre	Bi-league	Miles	6	·2138
10,000		Earth-quadrant	Miles	6,213	·8
		Orbit unit	Miles	62,138,200	·

MEASURES OF SURFACE.

Ratio to next unit.	Metric name.	New name.	Value in English measure.
100.....	Centare	Square metre	Square yards	1	∙196
100.....	Are	Square half-chain
100.....	Hectare	Great acre	Acres	2	∙47114
		Square kilo

MEASURES OF BULK AND CAPACITY.

Ratio to next unit.	Metric name.	New name.	Value in English measure.
10. . . . .		Drop, 1⁄160 cubic inch	Cubic inch	0	∙0061
10. . . . .	Millilitre	Die $=$ Nail cube, 1⁄16 cubic inch	Cubic inch	0	∙0610
10. . . . .	Centilitre	Spoon, 5⁄8 cubic inch	Cubic inch	0	∙6102
10. . . . .	Decilitre	Wineglass	Cubic inch	6	∙102378
10. . . . .	Litre	Quart $=$ hand cube	Cubic inch	61	∙023378
10. . . . .	Decalitre	Pail	Pecks	1	∙135
10. . . . .	Hectolitre or decistere	Cask	Wine gallons	26	∙418635
. . . . . . . .	Kilolitre or stere	${\begin{matrix}{\big \}}\end{matrix}}$ Metre cobe⁠${\begin{matrix}{\big \{}\end{matrix}}$	Cubic feet	35	∙31658
			Or, bushels	28	∙3742