This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
1 yard..................... | 1/1 1/2 meter. |
11 meters............................. | 12 yards. |
To convert meters into yards.................. | Add 1/11 th. |
1 meter =1.1 yd.; 3.3ft.................................. | 3 ft. 3⅜ inches (1/512th less). |
40 inches (1.6 per cent less). | |
1 meter, by the Standards Commission........................ | = 39.38203 inches. |
1 meter, by the Act of 1878.................... | = 39.37079 inches. |
1 foot.................. | 3 decimeters (more exactly 3.048). |
1 inch...................... | 25 millimeters (more exactly 25.4). |
1 mile....................... | 1.6 or 1 /35 kilometers (more exactly 1.60931) |
1 kilometer............................ | 5/8 of a mile. |
1 chain (22 yards)......................... | 20 meters (more exactly 20.1165). |
5 furlongs (1,100 yards)...................... | 1 kilometer (more exactly 1.0058). |
1 square yard......................... | 6/7 square meter (more exactly .8361). |
1 square meter............................ | 10¾ square feet. |
1 1/5 square yards. | |
1 square inch................... | 6½ square centimeters (more exactly 6.45). |
1 square mile (640 acres).................... | 260 hectares (0.4 per cent less). |
1 acre (4840 square yards)..................... | 4000 square meters (1.2 per cent more). |
1 cubic yard....................... | ¾ cubic meter (2 per cent more). |
1 cubic meter........................ | 11/3 cubic yards (1 2/3 per cent less). |
1 cubic meter............................. | 35⅓ cubic feet (.05 per cent less). |
1 cubic meter of water.......................... | 1 long ton nearly. |
1 kilogram............................... | 2.2 pounds fully. |
1,000 kilograms......................... | 1 long ton nearly. |
1 metric ton............................. | |
1 long hundredweight............................... | 51 kilograms nearly. |
1 United States hundredweight............................ | 45½ kilograms nearly . |
 
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