| LINEAR MEASURES |
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| | Toises | Feet | Inches | Lines | | Miles | Furlongs | Yards | Feet | Inches |
| Myriamètre (or League) | 10,000 Mètres | 5,130 | 4 | 5 | 3.360 | | 6 | 1 | 156 | 0 | 6 |
| Kilomètre (or Mile) | 1,000 Mètres | 513 | 0 | 5 | 3.936 | | | 4 | 213 | 1 | 10.2 |
| Hectomètre | 100 Mètres | 51 | 1 | 10 | 1.583 | | | | 109 | 1 | 1 |
| Décamètre | 10 Mètres | 5 | 0 | 9 | 4.959 | | | | 10 | 2 | 9.7 |
| MÈTRE | | | 3 | 0 | 11.296 | | | | | 3 | 3.371 |
| Décimètre (or Palm) | 10th of a Mètre | | | 3 | 8.330 | | | | | | 3.937 |
| Centimètre (or Digit) | 100th of a Mètre | | | | 4.433 | | | | | | 0.393 |
| Millimètre (or Trait) | 1,000th of a Mètre | | | | 0.443 | | | | | | 0.039 |
| AGRARIAN MEASURES |
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| | square toises | | Acres | Roods | Perches |
| Myriare, square Kilomètre | 263244.93 | | 247 | 0 | 20 |
| Milare | 26324.49 | | 24 | 2 | 34 |
| Hectare, or (Arpent) square Hectomètre | 2632.45 | | 2 | 1 | 35.4 |
| Décare | 263.24 | | | | 39.54 |
| ARE, (or square Perch) square Décamètre | 26.32 | | | | 3.954 |
| Déciare | 2.63 | | | | .395 |
| Centiare, (or 100th part of a square Perch) square Mètre | 0.26 | | | | .039 |
| MEASURES OF CAPACITY. |
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| | FRENCH. | | ENGLISH. |
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| | Cubic Inches |
| Kilolitre, (or Hogshead) cubic Mètre | 29.1739 | cubic feet | | 61028 |
| Hectolitre, (or Setier) | 2.9174 | cubic feet | | 6102.8 |
| Décalitre, (or Bushel) | 0.2917 | cubic feet | | 610.28 |
| LITRE, (or Pinte) cubic Décimètre | 50.4124 | cubic inches | | 61.028 |
| Décilitre, (or Glass) | 5.0412 | cubic inches | | 6.1028 |
| Centilitre | 0.5041 | cubic inches | | .6102 |
| Millitre, cubic Centimètre | 0.0504 | cubic inches | | .061 |
N. B. A Litre is nearly equal to 2-7/8 Pints, English Wine Measure.
| MEASURES FOR WOOD. |
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| | FRENCH. | | ENGISH. |
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| | Cubic Feet. |
| Stère, cubical Mètre | 29.1739 | cubic feet | | 35.3171 |
| Décistère, (or Solive) | 2.9174 | cubic feet | | 3.5317 |
| Centistère | 0.2917 | cubic feet | | .3531 |
| Millistère, cubic Décimètre | 0.0291 | cubic feet | | .0353 |
| WEIGHTS. |
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| | TROY. |
| | lbs. | oz. | drms. | grains. | | lbs. | oz. | dwts. | grains. |
| Myriagramme | 20 | 6 | 6 | 63.5 | | 26 | 9 | 15 | 0.23 |
| Kilogramme, (or Pound) weight of the cubic Décimètre of water at 4°. which is the maximum of density | 2 | 0 | 5 | 35.15 | | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12.02 |
| Hectogramme, (or Ounce) | | 3 | 2 | 10.72 | | | 3 | 4 | 8.40 |
| Décagramme, (or Drachm) | | | 2 | 44.27 | | | | 6 | 10.44 |
| GRAMME, (or Denier) weight of the cubic Centimètre at the freezing point | | | | 18.827 | | | | | 15.444 |
| Décigramme, (or Grain) | | | | 1.883 | | | | | 1.544 |
| Centigramme | | | | 0.188 | | | | | .154 |
| Milligramme, weight of a cubic Millimètre of water | | | | 0.019 | | | | | .015 |
[Footnote 1]: Since dead. The former is replaced by DELAMBRE. CHABERT and PRONY are elected supernumerary members, and LEFRANÇAIS LALANDE, BOUVARD, and BURCKHARDT, appointed assistant astronomers. [Return to text]
[Footnote 2]: The Prize has been awarded to M. BURG, an astronomer at Vienna. [Return to text]