A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

FRENCH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
I. LENGTH.
Metre, 3.281 feet.
Decametre (10 metres), 32.81 feet.
Kilometre (1,000 metres), 1093.633 yards (roughly, f
mile.
Myriametre (10,000 metres), 6.2138 miles.
Decimetre (10th of a metre), 3.937 inches.
Centimetre (100th of a metre), 0.3937 inch (roughly,
0".4).
Millimetre (1,000th of a metre) 0.03937 inch (roughly,
0".04).
II. AREA.
Are (100 square metres), 0.0988 rood.
Hectare (10,000 square metres), 2.471 acres.
Centiare (1 square metre), 1.196 square yards.
III. VOLUME.
(A) SOLID.
Stere (1 cubic metre), 1.31 cubic yards or 35 cubic
feet, 547 cubic inches.
Decastere (10 steres), 13.1 cubic yards.
Decistere (10th of a stere), 3 cubic feet, 918.7 cubic
inches.
(Cubic meters are more convenient and are more
frequently employed.)
(B) LIQUID.
Centilitre (100th of a litre), 0.02 pints.
Decilitre (10th of a litre), 0.21 pints.
(506)
Litre (1 cubic decimetre), 1.0567 quarts.
D6calitre (10 litres), 2.6417 gallons.
Hectolitre (100 litres), 26.4177 gallons
bushels.
Kilolitre (1 cubic metre), 264.177 bushels.
IV. WEIGHT.
or 2.8377
Gramme (weight of 1 cubic centimetre of water in
its state of maximum density, at 39 Fahr., or
4 degrees centigrade), 15.4325 grains tro;;.
D6cagramme (10 grammes), 6.43 dwt.
Hectogramme (100 grammes), 3.527 oz. avoir., or
3.216 oz. troy.
Kilogramme (1,000 grammes), 2.2055 Ib. avoir., or
2.6803 Ib. troy.
Quintal metrique (100 kilogrammes), 220.548 Ib.
Millier, tonneau de mer (1,000 kilogrammes), (in
land transport), tonne, 19 cwt. 12 oz. 5 dwt.
Decigramme (10th of 1 gramme), 1.5432 grain.
Centigramme (100th of 1 gramme), 0.15432 grain.
Milligramme (100th of 1 gramme), 0.015532 grata.
(Kilogramme is the only multiple of gramme in
general use.)
V. THERMOMETER.
Centigrade, molting ice, 32 Fahrenheit.
100 Centigrade, boiling water, 212 Fahrenheit.
Reaumur, melting ice, 32 Fahrenheit.
80 Reaumur, boiling water, 212 Fahrenheit.