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![APPENDIX. MEASURES OF LENGTH.. THE Standard Metre is ^bS of the distance at '^e temperatnre of i6'3° C., between the ends of a certain bar, called the Toise of Peru, kept in the French Archives, and is approximately the ten-millioiith part of the distance from one of the earth's poles to the Equator, at the meridian of Pans, i his measure, and those founded on it, is lawful in this country, and a copy of the standard metre is kept in the Exchequer Office at Westminster. . . „ „ The Encrlish Standard Yard is the distance, at the temperature of 62 f ., between t\vo marks on a certain bar which is kept in the office of the Exchequer. ,. , r i .1 u The relative values of the Metric and English measures of length can be Metres. Inches. Feet. Yards. Miles. Kilometre 1000 06214 ilectometre . 100 Decametre . 10 Metre 1 39-37 3 28 1 0936 Decimetre o-i Centimetre . 001 Millimetre . 0001 003937 MEASURES OF AREA. Square Metres. British Measures of Area. Square Kilometre .... 1000000 0-3861 sq. miles. Hectometre, or Hectare 10000 2-4711 acres. Decametre, or Are . . 100 119 6 sq. yards. Metre 1 10'764 sq. feet. [] Decimetre . . . o'oi 15'5 sq. inches. Centimetre .... o-oooi 0-155 Millimetre .... ooooooi 000155 •> SOLID MEASURES. I Cubic Decametre, or Kilostere, equals 35.316-5 cubic feet. ,, Metre, or Stere, ,, 35-3 ,, ,, Decimetre, or Millistere, ,, 61-025 cubic inches. ,, Centimetre ,, 0-o6l ,, Millimetre ,, o-oooo6i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21509979_0439.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
