| Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1855 - 806 pages
...of liquid and dry measure is called litre, from a Greek word for a measure of liquids. The litre is a vessel containing the cube of the tenth part of the metre. It is a square vessel a decimetre in depth, of •which each side measures a decimetre. Its multiples... | |
| Campbell Morfit - 1857 - 688 pages
...Avoirdupois. 1 quintal = 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 25 Ibs. The unit of superficial measure is "the are, a surface of ten metres each way, or 100 square metres. The unit of...capacity is the litre, a vessel containing the cube of a tenth part of the metre, and equivalent to 0-220097 parts of the British imperial gallon. The standard... | |
| Edward Andrew Parnell - 1860 - 792 pages
...Fahrenheit, and that of the French measures 32°, or the temperature of melting ice. In the French system the unit of superficial measure is the are, a surface...capacity is the litre, a vessel containing the cube of a tenth part of the metre, and equivalent to 0-220097 parts of the British imperial gallon. The standard... | |
| Victor G. BLOEDE - 1867 - 164 pages
...Avoirdupois. 1 quintal = 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 25 Ibs. The unit of superficial measure is " the are, a surface of ten metres each way, or 100 square metres. The unit of...capacity is the litre, a vessel containing the cube of a tenth part of the metre, and equivalent to 0*220097 parts of the British imperial gallon. The standard... | |
| 1855 - 788 pages
...of liquid and dry measure is called litre, from a Greek word for a measure of liquids. The litre is a vessel containing the cube of the tenth part of the metre. It is a square vessel a decimetre in depth, of which each side measures a decimetre. Its multiples... | |
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