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306 Weights and Measures
1 Dram = 1.771 French Grammes
16 Drams = 1 ounce
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5760 Troy Grains = 1 pound Troy
7000 Troy Grains = 1 pound Averdupois
hence 175 pounds Troy = 144 pound Averdupois
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The standard Averdupois pound is
the weight of 27.7015 cubic inches
of distilled Water, weighed in air,
at the temperature of the maximum
density (30 [degrees] 83) the barometer being
at 30 inches
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French Weights decimal system
1 Milligramme = .0154 Troy Grains
1 Centigramme = .1543 " "
1 Decigramme = 1.5434 " "
1 Gramme = 15.4340 " "
1 Decagramme = 154.3402 " "
1 Hectogramme = 1543.4023 " "
1 Kilogramme = 2.20486 pounds Averdup. [Averdupois]
1 Myriagramme = 22.0486 " "
1 Quintal = 1 cwt [centum weight], 3 quaters [quarters], 25 #bs [pounds] nearly
1 Millier or Bar = 9 tons, 16 cwt [centum weight], 3 qutr [quarters], 12 #bs [pounds]
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French Weights System Usuel
The Kilogramme = 1000 Grammes = 2 #b [pounds] 3 oz [ounces] 4 1/2 Dr.Av [Drams Averdupois]
The Livre Usuel = 500 " " = 1 #b [pound] 1 oz [ounce] 10 1/4 " "
The Half = 250 " " = 8 oz [ounces] 13 1/8 Dr. Av. [Drams Averdupois]
The Quater = 125 " " = 4 oz [ounces] 6 1/2 " "
The Eigth = 65.5 " " = 2 oz [ounces] 3 1/4 " "
The Once = 31.3 " " = 1 oz [ounces] 1 3/4 " "
The Half " = 15.6 " " = 8 7/8 " "
The Quater " = 7.8 " " = 4 1/2 " "
The Gros = 3.9 " " = 2 1/4 " "
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Weights & [and] Measures
Long Measure French Metres
12 inches = 1 Foot = .3048
3 Feet = 1 Yard = .9144
6 Feet = 1 Fathom = 1.8288
5 1/2 Yards = 1 Pole or Rod = 5.0291
40 Poles = 1 Furlong = 201.1632
8 Furlongs = 1760 Yards = 1 Mile = 1609.3059
3 Miles = 1 League = 4827.9179
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A Surveyor Chain = 22 Yards and
consists of 100 links and Each Link =
7.92 inches = 1760 Yards = 80 Chains = 1 Mile
French Long Measure - Decimal System
-United States-
1 Millimetre = .03937 inches
1 Centimetre = .39371 "
1 Decimetre = 3.93710 "
1 Metre = 39.37100 "
1 Decametre = 32.80916 Feet
1 Hectometre = 328.09167 "
1 Kilometre = 1093.63890 Yards
1 Myriametre = 10936.38900 "
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French Long Measure - System Usuel
Usuel Metrical United States
1 Lingne = 2.31 Millimitres = .091 Inches
1 Ponce = 2.77 Centimetres = 1.090 "
1 Pied = 3.33 Decimetres = 13.110 "
1 Anne = 12 Decimetres = 3 Feet 11.24 Inches
1 Toise = 2 Metres = 6 Feet 6.74 "
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The Lineal Foot of Various Countries,
given in United States Inches Inches
Amsterdam and Antwerp = 11.143
Bahia, Lisbon, Rio Janeiro = 12.944
Bergan, Copenhagen, Cape Town, Hamburg = 12.36
Canson = 12.65 -- Dantzic & [and] Memel = 11.3
West Indies French = 12.8 -- Riga = 10.79
Stockholm = 11.684 -- Venice = 13.68
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