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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
PRECISE METRIC EQUIVALENTS

1 mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . equals 1.609 kilometres
1 millimetre . . . . . . . . . . . . " 0.394 inch
1 ounce (av'd) . . . . . . . . . . . " 28.35 grams
1 ounce (Troy) . . . . . . . . . . . " 31.10 grams
1 peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 8.809 litres
1 pint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .4732 litre
1 pound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .4536 kilo
1 quart (dry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.101 litres
1 quart (liquid) . . . . . . . . . . . " .9464 litre
1 sq. centimetre . . . . . . . . . . " .1550 sq. inch
1 sq. foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .0929 sq. metre
1 sq. inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 6.452 sq. centimetres
1 sq. metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.196 sq. yards
1 sq. metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 10.76 sq. feet
1 sq. yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .8361 sq. metre
1 ton (2,000 lbs.) . . . . . . . . . . " .9072 metric ton
1 ton (2,400 lbs.) . . . . . . . . . . " 1.017 metric ton
1 ton (metric) . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.102 ton (2,000 lbs.)
1 ton (metric) . . . . . . . . . . . . " .9842 ton (2,240 lbs.)
1 yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .9144 metre
1 acre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .4047 hectar
1 bushel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 35.24 litres
1 centimetre . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .3937 inch
1 cubic centimetre . . . . . . . . " .0610 cubic inch
1 cubic foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .0283 cubic metre
1 cubic inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 16.39 cubic centim'tr's
1 cubic metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 35.31 cubic feet
1 cubic metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.308 cubic yards
1 cubic yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .7645 cubic metres
1 foot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 30.48 centimetres
1 gallon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 3.785 litres
1 grain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .0648 grams
1 gram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 15.43 grains
1 hectar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 2.471 acres
1 inch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 25.40 millimetres
1 kilo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 2.205 pounds
1 kilometre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .6214 mile
1 litre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " .9081 (dry) quart
1 litre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1.057 (liquid) quarts
1 metre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 3.281 feet