No. V.Tables Of The Correspondence Between Measures Of Weight And Capacity
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No. V.Tables Of The Correspondence Between Measures Of Weight And Capacity
Tables of the Correspondence between Measures of Weight and Capacity; according to the Estimations given by Sir George Shuckburgh Evelyn, in vol. 88 of the Phil. Trans,, corrected by Mr. Fletcher, in the 4th Vol. of the Philosophical Journal. 1
Table I. For Converting Cubic Inches Of Water, (At 60&Deg; Therm, And 29.5 Bar.) Into Their Equivalents In Troy Weight
Cubic Inch of Water. | Troy grs. | oz. | drachms. | grs. | |
1 weighs | 252.506 | = | 0 : | 4 : | 12.506 |
2 cubic inches weigh | 505.012 | = | 1 : | 0 : | 25.012 |
3 | 757.518 | = | 1 : | 4 : | 37.518 |
4 | 1010.024 | = | 2 : | 0 : | 50.024 |
5 | 1262.530 | = | 2 : | 5 : | 2.530 |
6 | 1515.036 | = | 3 : | 1 : | 15.036 |
7 | 1767.542 | = | 3 : | 5 : | 27.542 |
8 | 2020.048 | = | 4 : | 1 : | 40.048 |
9 | 2272.554 | = | 4 : | 5 : | 52.554 |
1728 (1 cubic foot) | ____ | 909 : | 0 : | 10.368 | |
Table II. For Converting Troy Grains, Drachms, Ounces, And Pounds Of Water Into Their Equivalent Cubic Inches
Grains. | Cubic Inch. | |
1 | = | .00396 |
2 | = | .00792 |
3 | = | .01188 |
4 | = | .01584 |
5 | = | .01980 |
6 | = | .02376 |
7 | = | .02772 |
8 | = | .03168 |
9 | = | .03564 |
Ounce. | Cubic Inch. | |
1 | = | 1.900945 |
2 | = | 3.801890 |
3 | = | 5.702835 |
4 | = | 7.603780 |
5 | = | 9.504125 |
6 | = | 11.405670 |
7 | = | 13.306615 |
8 | = | 15.207560 |
9 | = | 17.108505 |
10 | = | 19.009450 |
11 | = | 20.910395 |
Drachm. | Cubic Inch. | |
1 | = | .237618 |
2 | = | .475236 |
3 | = | .712854 |
4 | = | .950472 |
5 | = | 1.188090 |
6 | = | 1.425708 |
7 | = | 1.663326 |
Pound. | Cubic Inch. | |
1 | = | 22.81134 |
2 | = | 45.62268 |
3 | = | 68.43402 |
4 | = | 91.24536 |
5 | = | 114.05670 |
6 | = | 136.86804 |
7 | = | 159.67938 |
8 | = | 182.49072 |
9 | = | 205.30206 |
1 Not having the Fourth Volume of the Philosophical Journal by us, we have copied these Tables from the Appendix of Aikin's Dictionary.
Table III. For Converting Wine Pints Of Water Into Their Equivalent Troy And Avoirdupois Pounds
Wine Pints. | lbs. Troy. | lbs. | oz. | dr. | grs. | lbs. Avoirdup. | |||
1 | = | 1.26581783 | = | 1 : | 3 : | 1 : | 31.1 | = | 1.04158725 |
2 | = | 2.53163566 | = | 2 : | 6 : | 3 : | 2.2 | = | 2.08317450 |
3 | = | 3.79745349 | = | 3 : | 9 : | 4 : | 33.3 | = | 3.12476175 |
4 | = | 5.06327132 | = | 5 : | 0 : | 6 : | 4.4 | = | 4.16634900 |
5 | = | 6.32908915 | = | 6 : | 3 : | 7 : | 35.5 | = | 5.20723625 |
6 | = | 7.59490698 | = | 7 : | 7 : | 1 : | 6.6 | = | 6.24952350 |
7 | = | 8.86072481 | = | 8 : | 10 : | 2 : | 37.7 | = | 7.29111075 |
8 | = | 10.12654264 | = | 10 : | 1 : | 4 : | 8.8 | = | 8.33269800 |
9 | = | 11.39236047 | = | 11 : | 4 : | 5 : | 39.9 | = | 9.37438525 |
Table IV. For Converting Troy Pounds Of Water Into Their Equivalent Wine Pints
Troy Pounds. | Wine Pints. | |
1 | = | 0.7900031 |
2 | = | 1.5800062 |
3 | = | 2.3700093 |
4 | = | 3.1600124 |
5 | = | 3.9500155 |
Troy Pounds. | Wine Pints. | |
6 | == | 4.7400186 |
7 | = | 5.5300217 |
8 | = | 6.3200248 |
9 | = | 7.1100279 |
Table V. For Converting Avoirdupois Pounds Into Their Equivalent Troy Pounds
lbs. Avoird. | lbs. Troy. | |
1 | = | 1.215277 |
2 | = | 2.430555 |
3 | = | 3.645833 |
4 | = | 4.861111 |
5 | = | 6.076388 |
lbs. Avoird. | lbs Troy. | |
6 | = | 7.291666 |
7 | = | 8.506944 |
8 | = | 9.722222 |
9 | = | 10.937500 |
Table VI. For Converting Troy Pounds Into Their Equivalent Avoirdupois Pounds
lbs. Troy. | lbs. Avoirdup. | |
1 | = | 0.82285714 |
2 | = | 1.64571428 |
3 | = | 2.46857142 |
4 | = | 4.29142857 |
5 | = | 4.11428571 |
lbs. Troy. | lbs. Avoirdup. | |
6 | = | 4.93714285 |
7 | = | 5.76000000 |
8 | = | 6.58285714 |
9 | = | 7.40571428 |
Table VII. For Converting Ounces, Drachms, And Grains Troy Into Decimals Of The Troy Pound
Grains. | lbs. Troy. | |
1 | = | .000173611 |
2 | = | .000347222 |
3 | = | .000520833 |
4 | = | .000694444 |
5 | = | .000868055 |
6 | = | .001041666 |
7 | = | .001215277 |
8 | = | .001388888 |
9 | = | .001562500 |
Drachms. | lbs. Troy. | |
1 | = | .0104166 |
2 | = | .0208333 |
3 | = | .0312500 |
4 | = | .0416666 |
5 | = | .0520833 |
6 | = | .0625000 |
7 | = | .0729666 |
Ox. | lbs. Troy. | |
1 | = | .0833 |
2 | = | .1666 |
3 | = | .2500 |
4 | = | .3333 |
5 | = | .4166 |
6 | = | .5000 |
7 | = | .5833 |
8 | = | .6666 |
9 | = | .7500 |
10 | = | .8333 |
11 | = | .9166 |
Table VIII. For Converting Decimals Of The Troy Pound Into Troy Ounces, Drachms, And Grains
lbs. | ox | dr. | gr. | |
.1 | = | 1 : | 1 : | 36 |
.2 | = | 2 : | 3 : | 12 |
.3 | = | 3 : | 4 : | 48 |
.4 | = | 4 : | 6 : | 24 |
.5 | = | 6 : | 0 : | 0 |
.6 | = | 7 : | 1 : | 36 |
.7 | = | 8 : | 3 : | 12 |
.8 | = | 9 : | 4 : | 48 |
.9 | = | 10 : | 6 : | 24 |
lbs. | oz. | dr. | grs. | |
.01 | = | 0 : | 0 : | 57.6 |
.02 | = | 0 : | 1 : | 55.2 |
.03 | = | 0 : | 2 : | 52.8 |
.04 | = | 0 : | 3 : | 50.4 |
.05 | = | 0 : | 4 : | 48.0 |
.06 | = | 0 : | 5 : | 45.6 |
.07 | = | 0 : | 6 : | 43.2 |
.08 | = | 0 : | 7 : | 40.8 |
.09 | = | 0 : | 8 : | 38.4 |
lbs. | grs. | |
.001 | = | 5.76 |
.002 | = | 11.32 |
.003 | = | 17.28 |
.004 | = | 23.04 |
.005 | = | 28.80 |
.006 | = | 34.56 |
.007 | = | 40.32 |
.008 | = | 46.08 |
.009 | = | 51.08 |
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