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FOREIGN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

The following table embraces only such weights and measures as are given from time to time in U. S. CONSULAR REPORTS and in Commercial Relations:

Arshine..

Arroba (liquid).... Cuba, Spain, Venezuela..

.Russia...

Arshine (square)......do.

.Morocco..

.Argentine Rep. & Mex..

Malta (customs).
Spain (raisins).

Russia.

.India.

Syria (Damascus).
.Turkey..

Cantaro (cantar). . Malta..

.25.3664 pounds
32.38 pounds
25.36 pounds
.25.4024 pounds
.4.263 gallons
.28 inches

.5.44 square feet
.1.12 pounds
.20.0787 gallons

Denominations
Frail (raisins)
Frasco....
Do...
Fuder.

Garnice..
Gram..

Hectare...

Where used

..Spain.....

Argentine Republic..
.Mexico.....

Luxemberg.

Russian Poland..

Metric..

.do...

Hectoliter (dry). ..do..

Do (liquid)....do.

Joch...

Austria-Hungary

Ken...

.Japan.

Kilogram (kilo)... Metric.

Kilometer.

.do..

Korree...

Last.

Do.

Do..

League (land)..

Li..

Libra (pound)..

Do...

Do....

Chile.

Do....

Cuba.

..China, Japan, Sumatra.

.1.5745 bushels

Do.....

.Java.....

Guiana.

.England (timber).

Costa Rica..

Nicaragua & Salvador..
Bolivia..

India.

Denmark.

1.014 pounds

1.0161 pounds

1.01465 pounds 1.0143 pounds .1.011 pounds 1.0143 pounds .1.0161 pounds

. 1.0567 quarts

1.1 pounds .1.0791 pounds

.Sq., 50 cu. ft.; unhewn, 40 cu. ft.; inch planks, 600 superfi'l ft. .15 acres

do (geographical).
Nicaragua & Honduras.
Prussia.
Egypt.

Hungary & Wallachia..

.1.727 acres .0.507 pound .82 pounds .39.37 inches .4.68 miles .4.61 miles .1.1493 miles 0.63 acre .2.7225 pounds .2.84 pounds .3.0817 pounds 2.85418 pounds .2.5 pints

.211 inches .135.64 pounds

133 pounds

.Philippine Islands (hemp)..139.45 pounds

Argentine Republic..

Russia..

.Denmark and Sweden...
.Great Britain........
..London (coal)...
Argentine Republic.
.Brazil..

.0.91407 foot .27.9 inches .36.112 pounds. 1.102 pounds. .8.252 bushels. 36 bushels. .101.42 pounds. .130.06 pounds.

135.1 pounds

(sugar)..140 pounds

.0.9478 foot

Barlow, Francis C., 1896.
Barnby, Sir Joseph, 1895.

Barthelemy, St. Hilaire, 1895.
Beecher, Edward, 1895.
Bellamy, Edward, 1898.
Benson, Edward W., 1896.
Bessemer, Sir Henry, 1897.

Bismarck-Schönhausen, Otto, 1898.
Blind, Mathilde, 1846-1896.
Bonaparte, Lucien L., 1895.

Boyesen Hjalmar H., 1895.

Brahms, Johannes, 1897.

Broadus, John A., 1895.
Bruckner, Anton, 1896.
Burne-Jones, E., 1898.
Calderwood, Henry, 1897.
Campanini, Italo, 1897.
Carriere, Moritz, 1895.
Cayley, Arthur, 1895.
Cernuschi, E., 1896.
Child, Francis J., 1896.
Childers, Hugh C. E., 1896.
Clark, Alvan G., 1897.
Clarke, Mary C., 1898.
Coffin, Charles C., 1896.
Cope, Edward D., 1897.
Coxe, Arthur C., 1896.
Crisp, Charles F., 1896.
Crosland, Camille, 1895.
Crowe, Joseph A.. 1896.
Dana, Charles A., 1897.
Daubrée, G., 1896.
Daudet, Alphonse, 1897.

Davenport, Fanny L. G., 1898.

Metric liquid measures.

Milliliter (o liter) equals 0.0388 fluid ounce.

Centiliter (

liter) equals 0.338 fluid ounce.

Deciliter (liter) equals 0.845 gill.
Liter equals 1.0567 quarts.

Decaliter (10 liters) equals 2.6418 gallons.
Hectoliter (100 liters) equals 26.418 gallons.
Kiloliter (1,000 liters) equals 264.18 gallons.

Millimeter

Centimeter

Metric measures of length.

meter) equals 0.0394 inch.

meter) equals 0.3937 inch.

Decimeter ( meter) equals 3.937 inches.
Meter equals 39.37 inches.

Decameter (10 meters) equals 393.7 inches.

Hectometer (100 meters) equals 0.62137 mile (3,280 feet 10 in.)

Metric Surface Measures.

Centare (1 square meter) equals 1,550 square inches.
Are (100 square meters) equals 119.6 square yards.
Hectare (10,000 square meters) equals 2.471 acres.

DEATH, DATES OF. Dawson, George M., 1895. Delano, Columbus, 1896. Dodge, Mary A., 1896. Dodgson, Charles L., 1898. Dorsey, James O., 1895. Dow, Neal, 1897. Drisler, Henry, 1897. Drummond, Henry, 1897. Dumas, Jean B. A., 1896. Eaton, Wyatt, 1896. Engels, Friedrich, 1895. English, William H., 1896. Fairchild, Lucius, 1896. Ferry, Thomas W., 1896. Field, Kate, 1896.

Fink, Albert, 1897.

Forbes, Edwin, 1895.

Frere-Orban, Hubert J. W., 1896.

Fresenius, Carl R., 1897.

George, Henry, 1897.

George, J. Z., 1897.

Gibson, William H., 1896.
Gilbert, Sir John, 1897.
Gladstone, William E., 1898.
Goncourt, Edmond L., 1896.
Goode, George B., 1896.
Gould, Benjamin A., 1896.
Grove, William R., 1896.
Hale, Horatio, 1896.
Harris, Isham G., 1897.
Haughton, Samuel, 1897.
Haygood, Atticus G., 1896.
Heidenhain, Rudolf P., 1897.
Holman, Wm. S., 1897.
Hoppin, Augustus, 1896.
Ingelow, Jean, 1897.
Ismail, Pacha, 1895.

Kekule, Frederich A., 1896.

La Villemarque, Theodore, 1895. Linton, William J., 1897. Ludwig, Karl, 1895.

Lusk, William T.. 1897.
Martin, Homer D.. 1897.
Mayer, Alfred M.. 1897.

Mercur, James, 1896.

Meredith, Louisa A., 1895.

Meyer, Victor, 1897.

Morfit, Campbell, 1897.
Mutsu, Hito, 1897.

Nemours, Louis Charles, 1896.
Newman, Francis W., 1897.
Oliphant, Margaret, 1897.
Overbeck, Johann A., 1895.
Owen, John, born 1833.
Palgrave, Francis T., 1897.
Parkes, Sir Henry, 1896.
Parvin, Theophilus, 1898.
Payn, James, 1898.
Pepper, William, 1898.
Pilling, James C., 1895.
Playfair, Sir Lyon, 1898.
Plimsoll, Samuel, 1898.
Poole, Marian L., 1898.
Prever, T. W., 1897.
Pullman, George M., 1897.
Quain, Richard, 1898.

Quintard, Charles T., 1898.

Raymond, Hippolyte, born 1844.
Remenyi, Edward, 1898.
Rhind, Alex. C., 1897.

Riehl, Wilhelm H., 1897.

Rosecrans, William S., 1898.

Rudinger, Nicolaus, 1896.

Rutimeyer, Ludwig, 1895.
Sachs, Julius, 1897.
Seidl, Anton, 1898.
Singerly, William M., 1898.
Smith, Robert P., 1895.
Steenstrup, Johannes, 1897.
Stetefeldt, C., 1898.

Talifero, William B., 1898.
Waring, G. E., 1898.

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