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Miscellaneous Units of Weights and Measures

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Selected Conversions Between Customary and SI Units

Selected Conversions Between Customary and SI Units
	
Units of Length?r to SI	
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters	
1 foot = 0.3048 meter	
1 mile = 1.6093 kilometers
	
Units of Length?r from SI	
1 centimeter = 0.3937 inch	
1 meter = 3.2808 feet	
1 kilometer = 0.62137 mile
	
Units of Area?r to SI	
1 square inch = 6.4516 square centimeters	
1 square foot = 0.0929 square meter	
1 acre = 0.4047 hectare	
1 square mile = 2.5900 square kilometers
	
Units of Area?r from SI	
1 square centimeter = 0.1550003 square inch	
1 square meter = 10.764 square feet	
1 hectare = 2.471 acres	
1 square kilometer = 0.3861 square mile
	
Units of Volume?r to SI	
1 cubic inch = 16.387 cubic centimeters	
1 cubic foot = 0.028317 cubic meter
	
Units of Volume?r from SI	
1 cubic centimeter = 0.061024 cubic inch	
1 cubic meter = 35.31467 cubic feet
	
Capacity (Liquid)?r to SI	
1 quart = 0.9463 liters	
1 gallon = 3.785 liters

Capacity (Liquid)?r from SI	
1 liter = 1.0567 quarts	
1 liter = 0.2642 gallon

Capacity (Dry)?r to SI	
1 quart = 1.101191 liters	
1 bushel = 35.2381 liters
	
Capacity (Dry)?r from SI	
1 liter = 0.908 quart	
1 liter = 0.028378 bushel
	
Units of Mass?r to SI
1 avoirdupois ounce = 28.3495 grams	
1 apothecaries?�  or troy ounce = 31.1035 grams	
1 apothecaries?�  or troy pound = 373.242 grams = 0.37324 kilogram	
1 avoirdupois pound = 0.45359 kilogram	
1 short ton = 0.9072 metric tons	
1 long ton = 1.016 metric tons

Units of Mass?r from SI	
1 gram = 0.035274 avoirdupois ounce	
1 gram = 0.03215 apothecaries?�  or troy ounce	
1 kilogram = 2.679 apothecaries?�  or troy pounds	
1 kilogram = 2.2046 avoirdupois pounds	
1 metric ton = 1.102 short tons	
1 metric ton = 0.9842 long ton

Other Weights and Measures

Ancient Greece	
3 palms = 1 span	
2 spans = 1 cubit = 18.22 inches	
4 cubits = 1 fathom	
400 cubits = 1 stadia = 607 feet	
1 talent = 56.9 pounds
	
Ancient Rome	
1 digitus = 0.73 inch	
1 Roman foot = 0.971 foot	
1 gradus = 2.43 feet	
1 actus = 116.4 feet	
1 Roman mile = 5,000 Roman feet = 4,847 feet	
1 as or libra = 0.72 pound	
1 uncia = 420 grains	
12 unciae = 1 libra	
125 librae = 1 talent	
1 bes = 0.48 pound	
1 denarius = 60 grains	
1 obolus = 8.77 grains	
1 scrupulum = 17.53 grains
	China	
1 catty (chin) = 16 taels (liang) = 1 1/3 pounds	
1 picul (tan) = 100 catties = 133 1/3 pounds	
1 tou = 2.74 United States gallons	
1 li = 705 yards
	
England	
1 imperial bushel = 1.032 United States bushels	
1 imperial gallon = 1.2 United States gallons	
1 cental = 100 pounds	
1 quintal = 100 or 112 pounds
	
Japan
1 kin = 1.323 pounds	
1 kwan = 8.27 pounds	
1 sun = 1.193 inches	
1 shaku = 11.93 inches	
1 ken = 5.96 feet	
1 ri = 2.44 miles	
1 cho = 2.45 acres	
1 koku = 47.6 United States gallons
	
Mexico
1 libra = 1.015 pounds	
1 arroba = 26.367 pounds	
1 vara = 32.99 inches
	
Russia
1 verst = 3500 feet = 0.6629 mile	
1 desyatina = 2.7 acres	
1 pood = 36.11 pounds	
1 vedro = 3.25 United States gallons	
1 chetvert = 5.96 bushels	
1 sazhen = 6.9 feet	
1 archin = 28 inches	
1 funt = 0.90 pound
	
Spain
1 quintal = 101.4 pounds	
1 libra = 1.014 pounds	
1 arroba (wine) = 4.3 United States gallons	
1 arroba (oil) = 3.32 United States gallons	
1 metric ton = 0.9842 long ton

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