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312&#93; II] WE r WEI ji Comparative Tulle of the Unities of the French Metres, Litres, anil Grammes, with, their corresponding English Inches, Gallons anci Grains. UTREi in En ?lish. METRES in English Inches. y^ = GE.VMMXS in tnfjlish Grs. Troy Measures. Cubic Inches. .ie C;.i!lon$. ofz82!nches Wi.nc Gallons, of 231 inches. 1 . 39404 61.1916 0.2169.5 0.26485 15.4457 2 78.808 — 122.3632 0.43390 0.52970 — 3U.8914 3 118.212 — 183 .5448 06.5095 0.79455 — 46.3371 4 157.616 — 244.7264 O6678O 1 .05940 """ 01.7828 5 197.020 3059080 1 .0.8475 1 .32425 77.2285 6 236.424 367.O896 1.30170 1.53910 92.6742 7 275.828 — 428.2712 1 5IS65 1.85395 — 108 1199 - B 315.232 — 489-4528 1 .73560 2.11880 — 1235656 -vv>P: r-, 354.6361 _ 550.6344 1 .95255 2.38365 — 139.0113 • XO 3p4.04 6ii.8i6i 2.1695 2.6485 1.34.457 20 7SS.08 — 1223.032k 4.3390 5.2970 308. 91 4 -lae 1182.1(? ^r^ i83>.44Si 6 50S5 7.9455 — 463.371 • .40 157Q.

2447264; 8.678O 10.5940 — 617.828. 50 1970.20 3059.OSO' 10.8475 13.2425 772.285 60 2364.24 1 3670.8961 1 3.0170 15.8910 926.742 70 2758.28'r-i 4282.712, 15 1865 1 8.5395 — 1081. 199 80 3152.321— 4894.628' 17^560 21.1880 — 1235.65(j 90 3546.36 — 3.Q40.4 1— 5506.344' 19.5255 23.8365 — 1390.113 100 6118.16 i 21.695 26.485 — 1544.57 •nPT-T- From the table here given, the Eng- Hsli weights and paeasures, corre- sponding with those u.sed in France, may be easily ascertained, by mul- tiplying the hundreds, and adding the ^eutbs and units, as circum- stances may djred ; or, if the nura- adding the units to the tens. After the number required is thus found, it may be reduced to English feet, or inches j to quarts or pints ; to pounds, ounces, drams, or grains, by means of the common rules of arithmetic, A more ample specification of these weight and measures is pub- lished in the 3d vol. of Mr. Ni- cholson's "Journal;" and which is abstrafled from a report pub- lished in 1799. ^^ Paris, by autho- rity of the French government. In the year 1791, the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, &c. gave a bounty of 20 guineas to M. Hanin, of Paris, for his weighing machine; in which the weights of the principal countries of Europe, together with their relative ditter- pnces, may be ascertained at one view ;
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