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SOME USEFUL MEASUREMENTS

1 Millimetre = 0.03937 in
1 Centimetre = 0.39 in
1 Decimetre = 3.94 in
1 Metre = 39.37 in
1 Kilometre = 0.62 mile

12 ins = 1 Foot
3 ft = 1 Yard
1760 yd = 1 Mile

10 mm = 1 cm
100 cm = 1 m
1000 m = 1 kilometre

1 square Centimetre = 0.155 sq in
1 square Metre = 10.76 sq ft
10,000 sq m = 1 Hectare
1 Hectare = 2.47 acres

144 sq ins = 1 sq Foot
9 sq ft = 1 sq Yard
4840 sq yards = 1 Acre
640 acres = 1 sq Mile
1 sq mile = 259 ha

1 Litre = 1.76 Pints
100 litres = 22 Gallons

4 Gills = 1 Pint
1 pint = 0.57 litre
2 pints = 1 Quart
4 quarts = 1 Gallon
9 gallons = 1 Firkin

1000 g = 1 Kilogram
1000 kg = 1 Metric Tonne

16 ozs =1 Pound
14 lb = 1 Stone
8 stones = 1 Hundredweight
20 cwt = 1 Imperial Ton

1000 cubic centemetres = 1 cubic decimetre
1000 cubic dm = 1 cubic metre

1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot
27 cu ft = 1 cubic yard
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Traditionally, larger seeds such as beans, peas, oats,
barley, etc, were sold in Pints, Pecks and Bushels.
This system measured the volumn rather than the weight.

The old Imperial measure of one acre originated from the
area of land that could be ploughed by a pair of oxen in a day.
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