6047. French Binary weights Compared with Avoirdupois Weight

6047. French Binary weights Compared with Avoirdupois Weight. French Apothecaries weight is the same as the above, except that the livre contains 12 instead of 16 onces. The old French grain was equivalent to .820 of a Troy grain, but the new French grain (of 1812) is equal to .8365228 grains Troy. This would make the French Binary weight, as compared with Avoirdupois weight.

Avoirdupois. 1 French Grain              =        .8:365 Grains

1 " Kilogramme = 2.2046 "

6048. French Binary Weights Compared with IT

6048.      French Binary Weights Compared with IT. S. Apothecaries "Weight.

Lbs. Oz. Drms. Scruples. Grains.

1 French Livre (16 oz) = 1     4 0     1    9.3941

1 "      Once =       1 0     0   1.8371

1 "      Gros = 1     0   0.2296

6049. Value of French Binary weights in Troy Weight

6049.   Value of French Binary  weights in Troy Weight.

6050. Value of French Binary Weights

6050.   Value of French Binary Weights.

6051. Old French Linear Measure

6051. Old French Linear Measure. The former measures of length in France were the

Toise            =1.949 metres, or 6.3945 feet

Foot (pied) = .32484 " = 12.785 inches Inch(pouce)= .02707 " = 1.0654 " Line (ligne) or 1/12 inch          = .002256 metre

The metre is equal to 3 ft. 11 lines old French measure.

6052. French Decimal Weights and Measures

6052. French Decimal Weights and Measures. The French Gramme, litre, metre and are, are precisely the same as in the American Decimal system. They are founded on the same standard unit, the metre; and therefore represent respectively the same lengths, weights and capacity. The measures of capacity in France are multiples and divisions of the litre, which is the measure occupied by a kilogram (15434 Troy grains) of distilled water at its greatest density. It exceeds the old Paris pinte by 1/14, and is equal to 35 fluid ounces and 103 minims, or 1.7608 Imperial pints, or 61.028 English cubic inches. 4i litres make an Imperial gallon, within about 12 f 3 The following table will show the relations between the Litre and the Imperial gallon of 277.2738 cubic inches.

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6053. French Money

6053. French Money. In France money is reckoned in francs and centimes. The centime is the 1/100 part of a franc, 5 centimes being represented by a sou; so that 20 sous are equivalent to a franc. The same system of coinage is also at present in use in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy.