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APPROXIMATE LIQUID MEASURES
AND EQUIVALENTS
1/4 gill = 1 oz. 2 drams = 03-5 centilitre
1/2 „ =2 ozs.4 ,, = 07-1
1 „ = 5 ,,
= 14 2 centilitres
4 gills = 1 pint
= 0*568 litre
2 pints = 1 quart 4 quarts = 1 imperial gallon or 160 ozs.
1 impl.gallon = 160ozs.= 4*543 litres or 10 lbs. of pure water
1 litre = 35 1/2 ozs.= 1*76 pints.
31 1/2 gallons = 1 barrel 2 barrels = 1 hogshead.
LONG MEASURE
12 inches = 1 foot
40 rods = 1 furlong
3 feet
= 1 yard
8 furlongs = 1 statute mile
5 1/2 yards = 1 rod
3 miles = 1 league
METRIC EQUIVALENT MEASURES
1 millimetre = 0*03937 inch
1 centimetre = 0*3937 inch = 0*0328 foot
1 metre = 39*37 in. = 1*0936 yards
1 decametre = 1*9884 rods
1 kilometre = 0*62137 mile
1 inch
= 2*54 centimetres
1 foot
= 3*048 decimetres
1 yard
= 0*9144 metre
1 rod
= 0*5929 decametre
1 mile
= 1*6093 kilometres
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72 1*8288 —
36 91*4383centim.
18 45*7189 —
12 30*4792 —
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