TABLE OF COMPARISON.

Metres.Decimetres.CentimetresMillimeters.Inches.
·001 ·01 ·11·039
·002 ·02 ·22·079
·003 ·03 ·33·118
·004 ·04 ·44·157
·005 ·05 ·55·197
·006 ·06 ·66·236
·007 ·07 ·7 7·276
·008 ·08 ·88 ·315
·009 ·09 ·9 9·354
·01 ·1 1 10·394
·02 ·2 2 20 ·787
·03 ·3 3 30 1·181
·04 ·4 4 40 1·575
·05 ·5 5 501·968
·06 ·6 6 60 2·362
·07 ·7 7 70 2·756
·08 ·8 8 80 3·150
·09 ·9 9 90 3·543
·1 1 10 100 3·94
·2 2 20 200 7·87
·3 3 30 30011·81
·4 4 40 40015·75
·5 5 50 50019·69
·6 6 60 60023·62
·7 7 70 70027·56
·8 8 80 80031·50
·9 9 90 90035·43
1 10 100 100039·37

WEIGHT.

1 gramme = 15·44 grains.

28-1/3 grammes = 1 oz. avoird.

1 kilogramme = 1000 grammes = 2·20 lb. avoird.

LENGTH.

1 metre = 100 centimetres = 39·37 inches. Roughly speaking, 1 metre = a yard and a tenth. 1 centimetre = two-fifths of an inch. 1 kilometre = 1000 metres = five-eighths of a mile.

VOLUME.

1 cubic metre = 1000 litres = 35·32 cubic feet.