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European Countries
The metric system of weights and measures has been adopted in the following countries:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Rumania, Servia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
In Russia the standard of length is the Sachine, which is equal to seven British feet; the standard of weight is the Pound, equal to nine-tenths of the British pound. The other measures are:
1. MEASURES OF LENGTH
- 16 vershok = 1 archine
- 3 archine = 1 sachine
- 500 sachine = 1 verst
2. MEASURES OF WEIGHT
- 3 zolotnik = 1 loth
- 32 loth = 1 pound
- 40 pounds = 1 pood
- 10 poods = 1 berkovatz
In Turkey the weights and measures differ considerably in different parts of the Empire, but the following are those used at Constantinople and the neighborhood: