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TABLE OF WEIGHT MEASURES
1. LINEAR MEASURE
1 league (l.)
=3 miles
1 mile (m. mi.)
=8 furlongs
1 furlong (fur.)
=40 rods
1 rod (rd.)
=5-1/2 yards
1 yard (yd.)
=3 feet
1 foot (ft.)
=12 inches (in.)
2. NAUTICAL MEASURE
1 nautical mile
=10 cables lengths
1 cable's length
=100 fathoms
1 fathom (f., fm.)
=6 feet
(Ref.)
1 nautical mile
=1.150779 miles
3 nautical miles
=1 (marine ) league
3. SQUARE MEASURE
1 acre (a.)
=160 square rods
1 square rod (sq. rd.)
=30-1/4 square yards
1 square yard (sq. yd.)
=9 square feet
1 square foot (sq. ft.)
=144 square inches
(sq. in.)
4. DRY MEASURE
1 bushel (bu.)
=4 pecks
1 peck (pk.)
=8 quarts
1 quart (qt.)
=2 pins (pt.)
(Caution) 1 dry quart (USA) =0.969 quarts (E)
5. LIQUID MEASURE
1 gallon (gal.)
=4 quarts
1 quart (qt.)
=2 pints
1 pint (pt.)
=4 gills (gi.)
(Caution) 1 quart (USA)
=0.833 quarts (E)
6. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT
1 ton (tn., t.)
=20 hundred weights
1 long ton (E)
=2,240 pound
1 short ton (USA)
=2,000 pound
1 hundred weight (cwt.) =100 [(E) 112] pounds
1 stone (st.) (E)
=14 pounds
1 pound (lb.)
=16 ounces
1 ounce (oz.)
=16 drams (dr.)
7. TROY WEIGHT
1 pound (lb. t.)
12 ounces
1 ounce (oz. t.)
=20 penny weights
1 penny weight (dwt.)
=24 grains (gr.)
1 carat (car.)
=3.086 grains
8. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT
1 pound (lb. ap.)
=12 ounces
1 ounce (oz. ap.)
=8 drums
1 dram (dr. ap.)
=3 scru ples
1 scruple (scr. ap.)
=20 grains (gr.)
Centi-
Inches
Meters
meters
2.540
1
0.394
0.305
5.080
2
0.787
0.610
7.620
3
1.181
0.914
10.160
4
1.575
1.219
12.700
5
1.969
1.524
15.240
6
2.362
1.829
17.780
7
2.756
2.134
20.320
8
3.150
2.438
22.860
9
3.543
2.743
Cubic
Cubic
Liters
Meters
Yards
0.765
1
1.308
0.473
1.529
2
2.616
0.946
2.294
3
3.924
1.420
3.058
4
5.232
1.893
3.823
5
6.540
2.366
4.587
6
7.848
2.839
5.352
7
9.156
3.312
6.116
8
10.464
3.785
6.881
9
11.772
4.259
Hecto-
Long
Ounces
grams
Tons
0.283
1
3.527
0.893
2.567
2
7.055
1.786
0.850
3
10.582
2.679
1.134
4
14.110
3.571
1.417
5
17.637
4.464
1.701
6
21.164
5.357
1.984
7
24.692
6.250
2.268
8
28.219
7.143
2.551
9
31.747
8.036
Square
Square
Square
Centi-
Inches
Meters
meters
6.452
1
0.155
0.836
12.903
2
0.310
1.672
19.355
3
0.465
2.508
25.806
4
0.620
3.345
32.258
5
0.775
4.181
38.710
6
0.930
5.017
45.161
7
1.085
5.853
51.613
8
1.240
6.689
58.064
9
1.395
7.525
British
Hecto-
Liters
Gallons
liters
4.546
1
0.220
0.352
9.092
2
0.440
0.705
13.638
3
0.660
1.057
18.184
4
0.880
1.410
22.730
5
1.100
1.762
27.276
6
1.320
2.114
31.822
7
1.540
2.467
36.368
8
1.760
2.819
40.914
9
1.980
3.172
U.S.
British
Kilo-
Gallons
Gallons
grams
(Liquid)
(Liquid)
1.201
1
0.833
0.454
2.402
2
1.665
0.907
3.603
3
2.498
1.361
4.804
4
3.331
1.814
6.005
5
4.163
2.268
7.206
6
4.996
2.722
8.407
7
5.829
3.175
9.608
8
6.661
3.629
10.808
9
7.494
4.082
Feet
Meters
Yards
1
3.281
0.914
1
1.094
2
6.562
1.829
2
2.187
3
9.843
2.743
3
3.281
4
13.123
3.658
4
4.374
5
16.404
4.572
5
5.468
6
19.685
5.486
6
6.562
7
22.966
6.401
7
7.655
8
26.247
7.315
8
8.749
9
29.528
8.230
9
9.843
U.S.
British
Liters
Pints
Pints
1
2.113
0.568
1
1.760
2
4.227
1.136
2
3.520
3
6.340
1.705
3
5.279
4
8.454
2.273
4
7.039
5
10.567
2.841
5
8.799
6
12.680
3.409
6
10.559
7
14.794
3.978
7
12.319
8
16.907
4.546
8
14.078
9
19.030
5.114
9
15.838
Short
Metric
Long
Tons
Tons
Tons
1
1.120
1.016
1
0.984
2
2.240
2.032
2
1.968
3
3.360
3.048
3
2.953
4
4.480
4.064
4
3.937
5
5.600
5.080
5
4.921
6
6.720
6.096
6
5.905
7
7.840
7.112
7
6.889
8
8.960
7.128
8
7.874
9
10.080
9.144
9
8.858
Square
Square
Square
Kilo-
Yards
Miles
meters
1
1.196
2.590
1
0.386
2
2.392
5.180
2
0.772
3
3.588
7.770
3
1.158
4
4.784
10.360
4
1.544
5
5.980
12.950
5
1.931
6
7.176
15.540
6
2.317
7
8.372
18.130
7
2.703
8
9.568
20.720
8
3.089
9
10.764
23.310
9
3.475
U.S.
Hecto-
British
Bushels
liters
Bushels
1
2.838
0.364
1
2.750
2
5.676
0.727
2
5.409
3
8.513
1.091
3
8.249
4
11.351
1.455
4
10.999
5
14.189
1.818
5
13.748
6
17.027
2.182
6
16.498
7
19.864
2.546
7
19.248
8
22.702
2.909
8
21.998
9
25.540
3.273
9
24.747
Av.
U.S.
British
Pounds
Bushels
Bushels
1
2.205
1.032
1
0.969
2
4.409
2.064
2
1.938
3
6.614
3.093
3
2.907
4
8.818
4.128
4
3.876
5
11.023
5.160
5
4.845
6
13.228
6.192
6
5.814
7
15.432
7.224
7
6.783
8
17.637
8.256
8
7.752
9
19.842
9.228
9
8.721
Kilo-
Miles
meters
1.609
1
0.621
3.219
2
1.243
4.828
3
1.864
6.437
4
2.485
8.047
5
3.107
9.656
6
3.728
11.265
7
4.350
12.875
8
4.971
14.484
9
5.592
U.S.
Liters
Gallons
3.785
1
0.264
7.571
2
0.528
11.356
3
0.793
15.142
4
1.057
18.927
5
1.321
22.712
6
1.585
26.498
7
1.849
30.283
8
2.113
34.069
9
2.378
Metric
Short
Tons
Tons
0.907
1
1.102
1.814
2
2.205
2.722
3
3.307
3.629
4
4.409
4.536
5
5.512
5.443
6
5.614
6.350
7
7.716
7.257
8
8.818
8.165
9
9.921
Cubic
Cubic
Centi-
Inches
meters
16.387
1
0.061
32.774
2
0.122
49.161
3
0.183
65.548
4
0.244
81.936
5
0.305
98.323
6
0.366
114.710
7
0.427
131.097
8
0.488
147.484
9
0.549
Hecto-
Troy
grams
Ounces
0.311
1
3.215
0.622
2
6.430
0.933
3
9.645
1.244
4
12.860
1.555
5
16.075
1.866
6
19.290
2.177
7
22.506
2.488
8
25.721
2.799
9
28.936
Hectares
Acres
0.405
1
2.471
0.809
2
4.942
1.214
3
7.413
1.619
4
9.884
2.023
5
12.355
2.428
6
14.826
2.833
7
17.297
3.237
8
19.769
3.642
9
22.240
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