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603 OF ENGINEERING FORMULÆ.
Foreign Weights and Measures.
The Metrical System has been adopted In France, Belgium,
Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Greece, Austria, Sweden, and Norway. Others will probably
be added to the number. For detailed tables of Metric Values,
see ‘ Molesworth’s Metrical Tables,’ which are uniform with
and may be bound up with, this Pocket-book.
BUSSIAN. WEIGHT. RUSSIAN-. DRY MEASURE.
Doli. Zolotnik. Flint. 1 Pood. Lb. avoir. Gamez. Chelwerik. .. .. . Chelwert. Gallons,
1 1 —
96 1 — — — 8 1 —.
9216 96 1 —— — 64 8 1 46-2
368640 3840 40 1 36-1141
RUSSIAN. LENGTH. RUSSIAN. LIQUID MEASURE.
Vershok. Fuss.* Sajen. Verst. English. Stoof. Vedro. Oxhoft. Gallona.
1 8 48 24000 1 6 3000 1 500 1 7 ft. •663 .m. 1 10 1 18 1 •2707 2-7069 48-725
* The English foot is now much used as the standard measure in
Russia. Land is measured by the “Crown” dessaline of 2400 square
sajen = 2*7 acres; common dessaline =: 3*6 acres.
Turkey.
Weight 180 drakmas = 1 rctolo = V2T lb. avoir.
Liquid 1 almud — 1-1455 imp. gallon.
Dry 1 killow = -97 „ bushel.
Length 1 pik = 26-625 English inches.
Egypt.
Weight 144 drakmas — 1 rotolo = -98Q46 lb. avoir.
Capacity 1 ardeb = 5’02 bushels.
Length 1 pik = 27 English inches.
China.
10,000 fun = 1000 tsun = 100 chih = 10 chang = 1 yin =
1174 ft. English.
100 koh = 10 shing = 1 tau = 1-13 gallon English.
1600 tael,= 100 catty = 1 pecul = 132» lbs. avoir.