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APPENDIX G

THE METRIC SYSTEM

Th« Grade prefixes (<&ca, hecto, hUo, tnyria) denote muldpltcatioa. The Larin prefixes cerUi nalii) denote divisioa.

MEASURES OF LENGTH

The METRE (Fk-. METRE), the unk of lentth» originally intended to be tha taa- milUonth part of a line drawn from the Pole to the Equator, is now more anotlj defined as the diacance, at the melting point of ice, between two points on a pkdra i m * Iridium bar at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris.

I Metre 1 Decametre X Hectometre I Kilometre I Myriametre

as above.

zo metres, too „

lOOO „

10,000 ,»

z Decimetre » s^th of a metre. I Centimetre — xicth I MIL metre « »»

SQUARE MEASURE

The ARE, the unit of surface measure, is a square tha side of which is tm matrea long.

z Are ■■ loo square metrea. I x Declare ■* ^th of an are.

1 Decare zo ares. z Centiare xioth of an are,

z Hectare zoo „ I or z square metre (metre carre).

MEASURES OF WEIGHT

The ORAM(MB), the unit of weight, originally defined aa the weight of a cubic centimetre of disced water at 4° Centigrade, it xiAisth part of the maaa of die International Prototype Kil<Htram<me), a cylinder of platinum-iridium.

z Oram(me) «■ aa above.

X Decagram(me) ■» 10 gram,

z Hectogram(me) •« zoo „ z Xilocram(me),

or kilo — 1000 „

z Myriagrem(me) » zo,ooo „

I kilogram(me)

Declgram(me ■> ^th of a gram.

Centigram(me) «■ ijUth „

Milligram(n<e) » ii^oth „

Tonne or metric ton » looo kilos.

I called a liwe.

MEASURES OF CAPACITY, DRY AND LIQUID The UTRE. the unit of the measures of capacity, dry and liquid, originally defined aa die vqIdzim of a cubic decimetre, is the volume of a kilogram of pure, air*£rce water et temperature of maximum density.

X ijtre — as above. | x Decilitre — jAith of a litre.

I Decalitre ■> zo litres. I x Centilitre » xlstb „

X HectoUtre — zoo „ I x MUlimetro »■ „

I Ftanc "■ zoo centimes.

MONEY

I X Decimo zo emrimes. z Sou — 5 «,

METRIC LINEAI. MEASURES. «fc., TO BRITISH SYSTEM

LINEAL MilUmetre . Centimetre .

0*0394 inch. [ 0*3937 »»

f 3*937 inches

39*370t „

0*0621 mile. 0*62x4 „ .

or kaa dian twio-fifdu of an inch, zzeaiiy 4 intdzea. about 3 feet 3 inches, about aV of a mile.

8 kilometres miles (sppmarimatdy).

SQUAEB

1*196 square yard .

3*954 poles . . .

2*47* acres . . .

0*386 square mite .

or X ith square yards.

40I ares-z acre ^praximatif(y)> nearly af acrea. or *47 acres.