The half kilogramme is called a livre usuelle, and the livre is subdivided as follows, 5.5 yards 40 rods 8 furlongs 3 miles 69.1 miles, or 60 geographical miles make 1 league. make 1 degree. 360 degrees make the earth's circumference. A palm is 3 inches; a hand is 4 inches; a span is 9 inches; a pace is 3 feet; a fathom is 6 feet; a knot is a geographical mile. The Chinese li The Russian werst The ancient Roman mile The Tuscan mile The Turkish berri The Arabian mile is 632 yards. 1167 66 66 A lot of land measuring 10 chains in length and 1 in breadth, is an acre. In the result of any operation, the unit is considered as a linear, a square, or a cubic foot, but in multiplication it must always be remembered that THE MULTIPLIER IS AN ABSTRACT The circumference of every circle is divided into 360 degrees, and the degrees are subdivided into minutes and seconds. 39.371 inches make 1 French metre. 47.245 inches make 1 French aune, or ell. 27.36 inches make 1 Brabant ell. FRENCH LONG MEASURE. 10 millimetres make 1 centimetre. The toise usuelle = 2 metres. a metre. The aune or ell = 1 The pied or foot is of metres, or 474 English inches. The Metre is one ten-millionth part of the distance from the pole to the equator. The unit is the ARE, which is a square decametre, equivalent to 3.9539 square rods. The decimal multiples and sub-multiples, are the same as in the other tables. The French unit of cubic measure, is the STERE, which is a cubic metre with the decimal multiples and sub-multiples. The Stere is equivalent to 35.3171 cubic feet. The beer gallon contains 282 cubic inches. The wine, or apothecaries' gallon contains 231 cubic inches. fluidounce; a drops, to a fluidrachm. A teacup holds about 4 fluidounces; a wineglass, 2 fluidounces; a table spoon, teaspoon, 1 fluidrachm. A pint of distilled water weighs 1.04139 lb. avoirdupois. chal. 36 bushels of coal make 1 chaldron. The dry gallon, or half-peck, contains 268.8 cubic inches. The Winchester bushel is 18 inches wide and 8 inches deep. The French unit of capacity is the LITRE, which is a cubic decimetre, equivalent to 1.0517 wine quarts. The boisseau usuel = 12.5 litres. The litron usuel, is the same as the litre, and is equivalent to 1.074 Paris pintes. IMPERIAL LIQUID AND DRY Measure. The gallon contains 10 lb. avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed in air at the temperature of 62° of Fahrenheit's thermometer, the barometer being at 30 inches." This is equivalent to 277.274 cubic inches. make 1 common year. y. 365 days 5 hours 48 min. 50 sec. make 1 Solar Year. 365 days 6 hours make 1 Julian Year. The leap years are those that are divisible by 4, as 1844, 1848; except the centurial years, which are leap years when the number of hundreds is divisible by 4, as 1600, 2000, &c. The Julian calendar is still retained in Russia and Greece. This is 12 days later than the New Style, and in leap years, 13 days after the month of February. |