C T HE O PY R I G H T , 1 H A R T F OR D AN D S BY TE AM I N S UR AN CE PR E S S O F T H E C A S E , 898, BO I LE R C I N S PE CT I ON O M PA N Y L O C K \V O O D BR . AI N A R D CO . PR E FA C E . etri c ystem of Wei hts and M eas ures is used universally in foreign and periodicals th at much time is con sumed and little annoyance incurred by the Ameri can reader in translating these units into their nglish and American equivalents by the aid of any of th e tion tables that h ave yet been published t th erefore occurred to th e undersigned that a handy pocket volume for ing comparisons of th is kind might be acceptable to engineers and scientific workers generally This is the of the present little book Th e work of cal the tables and reading the proof has been done by M r A D A sso ciate ditor of L C M T I VE whose experience in the computing division of th e nited tates C oast and eodeti c vey should be a su cient guarantee of the care and ac curacy with which his task has been done M r h as also pre pared brief account of the inception and adoption of the M etric ystem in F rance whic h adds materially to the T HE M S g bo o k s so , no , E re d uc , . I fa c i l i t a t , , ’ r a z so n . ’ ‘ d étr e . c u l at i n g . . E T U HE O . O S R i st e e n O , G S ur ffi . . R i st e en a S , ( 3 ) , RE P 4 FACE . interest and value of the volume The M etric ystem is now in commo n use in F rance ermany A ustria H ungary taly pain P ortugal weden N orway B el gium T he N etherlands oumania ervia gypt M exico C osta ica uatemala N icaragua alvador B ra il C olombia B olivia C hile Th e A rgentine epublic H aiti and anto D omingo t has also been adopted o cially by ene uela ru guay T urkey and B ritish ndia although in these four countries it can hardly yet be said to be in common use Japan too has announced her intention of adopting a modified form of it and even China has a system of weights and measures although it is not the French M etric tem ngland ussia and the nited tates are the only great nations that still refuse to adopt the M etric ystem ts advantages are many and the only really serious objection appears to be that the change from our present units to th e new ones would be more or less confusing and annoying for the first wyears M uch this annoyance and confusion could be pre vented by providing sch ool children with cheap sets of metric measures and weigh ts and requiring each child to measure and weigh a certain number of objects every week n this w the units and their . S , S G , , S , , , , E , , R , , S , , R S V z I , , I . ffi , , , , , S G , z , , , R , , I — U , , . , , , deci m a l , S ys E . , R U , S S . I , , fe . of , . I ay PR E FACE 5 . names woul d be c ome tolerably familiar to th e next generation and the transition w ould be far ea ier Th e form i dable deci mals that th e metri c system suggests to the average citi en ( and which are h ere v ery much in evidence ) constitute no part of the system itself and they coul d be gratefully dismissed the moment the met ric system came into use T hey owe th eir e istence to the fact that the foot pound and quart are not commensurable wi th th e meter gramme and liter and when we cease to use our present units we sh ould also cease to use the long numbers that e press th eir val ues in metric units , s . z , , . . x , , ; , , , , x . J M . H . A artford C onn M ay , . , L L E N Pr es i den t 2, 1 , 898 . . W E IG HTS T H E I I E T R I C S Y S T E M OF ‘ A N D M E A S UR E S . V SI Y SY F rom t h e earliest days of civili ation men have measured and weigh ed things and hence th ey have had to ha e at least the rudiments of a system of weigh ts and measures A t first however there was no attempt at precision in the standards used A foot meant something of sub the same length as the king s oot and an in ch was sometimes con to be the twelfth part a foot and at other times it was defined as the space covered by three good plump ker nels of barley plac ed end to end ach community had its own units whi ch in most cases bore no relati on whatever to the units employed in oth er c ommunities A s wealth increased an d commerce gre w it became necessary to pro vi de for a greater degree of pre cision in standards and for a c ompariso n of those used in dif localities ndoubtedly the innate dish onesty also had something to DI ER T OF S TE M S I N US E . z , v . , , “ ” . ’ s t an t i al l y f “ ; ” s i d e re d of , , . , , E , , . , , fer e n t . of U m an , SYSTEM do with th e establishment of more definite standards because in the absence of these there was nothin to prevent a person who was so inclined from buying by a long measure and selling by a short one At all events at the present time the units used in weighing and measuring have been defined by law in all civili ed coun tries T his has secured for each country a certain degree uniformity throughout its own ter tory but among the stand ards of countries there is a diver almost as great as ever ven in the nited tates there are an enormous number of units in vogue example for measuring l engths we have the inch ell nail link foot yard athom rod chain furlong mile knot and doubt l ess many others and the units in use for area capacity and weight are even more numerous M any of th ese units have dif val es too according to the nature of the substance to be measured or weighed T hus we have several kinds of ounces and p unds and at least two kinds of quarts T here is no regularity W hatever in th e number of units of one kind that make one unit of the next higher kind and some of the tables that the schoolboy has to learn are extremely distressing We well member wh at stickler it was in our day 8 MET I C T HE R . , g . , z , , . of ri ; si t y . U E S . F or , , , , , , , , , , , , f , , , . f er e n t u , , . o . , re . a , , ST O RY th at it sh ul d take OF HI METER T HE 9 . square yards to make one square rod f we had a simpler meth od of mensuration the children in our schools could be spared a great part of this trou l esome lumber and the time sav ed in thi s W could be devoted to some far more profitable subje ct T aking e erything into consideration it is cer h umiliating to re ect upon the heter system of weights and meas ures in use at th e present day in a country as proud as civili ed and as advan c ed (in other respe cts) as our own nited tates A merica We are not unique in this respect it is true for many other nations have systems of measurement th at are fully as confusing as our own but this is migh ty c ol d comfort 30 % o I . , b , ay . v , fl t ai n l y “ o g en eo us ” z , , U Of S . , , “ ” ; . H ST I OR Y OF T H E M E TE R o F rance belongs the honor of m aking the first systematic attempt to break through the customs of antiqui ty and to substitute a new metrology for the old ntil the latter part of the eighteenth cen tury there was th e same condition of a fairs in that country th at prevails to day in the nited tates and in M chain and D e l ambre s we read of syst me ( P ar i s incoh rent de nos mesures . T , . U f - U S ' Ba s e e ; ’ au Sys tem e metr z g u e deci ' “ ma l , é ” , “ le ’ e l ét o n n an t e THE MET I C SYSTEM scandaleuse diversit de nos mesures etc e v eral ine ectual attempts to form the F rench system of weights and measures had been made previous to but it is from that year that the present metric system dates n M ay M de T alleyrand proposed to th e N ational A ssembly of F rance that a new system of measures should be devised on strictly scientific principles and that the units of length and weight in this system should be based on some natural and invariable standard the M ay the A ssembly passed a resolution requesting th e king L ouis to open a correspondence on the lus d une f is pre sent é des pr ets d e r fer e g uverne en qui les f ait e a iner ais algr é les rapp rt les plus f av rables algre la b nne v l nt é des inistres centntrt uleururs des nan c es rren cubles ipr E ets av i n v eu d une esure uni f r e f ut nsign é dans les c a h iers de quelques quelques R I O . ” é et ff S . , re “ 7 90 I , I ” . 1 , 7 90 * , . , , On . of 8th , X VI “ P ’ m e m au on o m o m , ’ o o a vo i t m , m o m ’ p a rt i c u l i é r e m e n t d u et O y, m is ou , j m x o s ’ jo o a vo i t fi g en er al és et e r e p o u s sw o ’ t, o o o o o , o o m j o 1 . 7 88 , l e co b al l i a g e s ; fire n t s a va n s enten d re leur v i L es esprits é t i t al rs d i p e a re ev ir ave ent usias m e t utes les r efer m es utiles L e s ystem e i h e t de m esures utre ses i vé i r els v i t m v i e r i ginel qu i en fit ater l b l i t i la n f usi n qui y é g i t é t i t en gran d e partie 1 uvrage de ette f dalit que pers nne i t plus d f en d re v i ll i t a f a i re d i s t t d nt é it m indres vestiges C e n urs p j q un i que de i r nstan es valut en a ueil f av rable a la pr p s i t i n fa i te en 9 5 1 asse m bl e nstituante t par de alle yrand ela m bre B e ain c h éc c é o x c o h nco n ’ a n ens o a , on : c ren u o o ar , re c us M T o o ’ u au x co o I ” . . on ra o no 7 0 — s M ch 1 d a S ys t em e m é t r z q zz e d e ci m a l ’ . o o a o c ’ e c o cé c D co . c os o o o e , é é o n oso nos r o ’ ’ s o o o nco . o en . o o o , a se H I ST O Y THE METER II subject with th e king of ngland desiring him to invite the British P arliamen to operate with the N ational A ssembly of F ran c e in fixing the natural unit w h ich was to serve as the basis of the proposed system of weights and measures T he work was to be put in the hands of a joint commission of scientific men half of whom were to be appointed by the F rench A cad emy of ciences and the other half by the oyal ociety of L ondon n conformity with the resolution L ouis laid the matter before the nglish king but owing to the temper and the public troubles of th e times h is overture met with no response imilar applications to other nations were more successful and in subsequent pro pain taly the N etherlands wit erland D enmark and weden par by sending delegates to an inter national commission The system itsel was however atured by the labors a committee of the A cademy of ciences embracing B orda L agrange L aplace M ong and C ondorcet five of the ablest mathematicians of L avoisier though not a member of this committee contributed largely to its proceedings and the standards that were afterwards pre OF R . E , t co “ . , S R , S . I , E ; “ , . S , c e e di ng s S S z , I , , S , , , t i c i pa t e d f . , , m of S , , , e , , , , , , Jo h ns n s C c o ’ y lo c p dia arti l e M a e , et r i c S ys t em . THE METR I C SYSTEM pared were made under his supervision L avoisier for some reason has not received the recognition that is due him in this matter his work being usually credited to B orda T here were two reasons advanced basing the new unit of length upon some absolute and invariable quantity in nature t was said that the selection of an arbi unit would violate the most funda mental principle the proposed reform th e one distinctive feature of the new system was to be the exclusion of the last vestige of arbitrariness T his argument seems to us to be hardly wor h serious consideration for however satisfactory the unit finally chosen might be the of th at unit would necessarily be arbitrary and hence the unit itself would be so in ome sense T he other reason advanced for the selection of a natural unit was much more logical t was urged that a system of weigh ts and measures based on some permanent and invariable natural quantity could be entirely reconstructed with any desired degree of precision even th ough every standard in existence were utterly destroyed M de T alleyrand proposed to adopt as the fundamental unit of length the length of a pendulum vibrating seconds in lati I Z . . , , , . fo r . I t rar y of ; fo r . t , sel ect i o n , , , s . . I , , . , . , H I ST O RY THE METER tude ou toute autre latitude qui pour roit tre pr f r e (or such other latitude as might be preferred T he committee of th e A cademy of ciences considered the adv sability of adopting the seconds pen dulum as th e unit of length but finally reje cted it principally because it involved the conception of t seemed to them preferable to base the proposed unit on j f and after much deliberation it was decided to adopt some one of the di of the earth itself the di fer ent dimensions proposed the two that met with the most fav or were the equatorial circumference and the meridian quadrant and of th ese two th e meri dian quadrant was finally selected because it could be measured with greater accuracy (T he measurement of a involves of while the measurement of the inv olves bservations of and before the invention of th e ele c ric telegraph longi tude measures were subje ct to large errors ) n order to guard against possible di erences in th e lengths of the various meridian quadrants it was decided to re commend that the new system of measures be based on the par meridian th at passes through P aris h is le n gt h about miles) woul d be OF 1 . 3 é é é e ) . S i , , ti m e t he l eng th n a tu r e o . so me o o ect I a ct ua l ly ex i s ti ng in ; m e n si o n s f Of . , , , . m er i di a n l a ti tu de vat i o n s o bs e r , equ a to r O l o ng i tu de ; t , . I ff , t i c u l ar T . ( THE METR I C SYSTEM entirely out of the questi on as a practical unit for business purposes H owever a rough calculation showed that a standard having a l ength equal to one ten millionth part of this quadrant would be convenient and th e ET E R (as the wunit was na ed) 1 4 . , . - , M FI G . I T . m ne HE DE FI N I T I ON OF T H E was therefore defined to be f p art o p M e di s ta n ce fr o m M ETE R . t/z e ten -m i ll i onth t/i e equ a to r t o t/ze ig illustrates this definition of th e meter very graphically n o r t/ z M e ol e , m ea s u r ed m er idi a n . p ) a s s i ng a l o ng t/ze t/z r oug /z sea - l ez l el , Pa r i s . (F on . I H IS O Y T R OF T HE METER 1 . 5 he report of th e committee embodying th e points explained above and d ted M arch was approved ythe N a T , a , 1 9 , 1 b 79 1 , N FIG . SHO 2. W ING T HE IN E T H AT W AS M E ASUR E D . and the work in g th e meridian passing through P aris was begun This operation involved immense t i o n al A ssembly L . , of m e as u r 1 6 T HE SYS T E M ME TRI C . labor and seven years were required to complete it T he meridian through P aris is shown by the heavy vertical line in Fig t strikes the N orth at D unkirk near the trait of D over in latitude and the M editerranean at a small place in the suburbs ( j B arcelona pain in latitude T he northern half of this arc was measured under the direction of D elambre and the southern half under M chain A b ie account of the method of measurement employed and of the subsequent computa tions will be ound in first chapter of C larke s and the operations and calculations are described in full in M chain and D elambre s to which we have already refer red Th e unit of length used in measuring the meridian was the and th e fina result of the seven years work was that the distance from the B arcelona end of the line to the D unkirk end was toises t will be found from the data given above that the di erence in latitud between the two ends was N ow the latitude of the equator is o the latitude of the pole is and there fore the earth were a true sphere the distance from the equator to the pole woul be given by the simple proportion , . . 2 I . S ea S , 1 5 , ° S ea 02 ' M o nt o uy of , S ) 41 , ° 21 ' , e r . f , f , th e G eo desy ; ’ e ’ B a s e du S ys tenz e m étr i qu e ’ deci m a l , . to i se, l ’ , 5 . I ff e 9 ° 40 ' ” , an d if d 1 8 SYS T E M ME T RI C T HE . platinum which was to be ever afterward the standard meter o f the world . E M EA U RE U N I T S DE R I V E D F R OM T H L O S M ET E R . e meter is th eoretically equal to the ten millionth part of the meridian quadrant that passes through P aris but as all man measurements are liable to error we cannot suppose that M chain and D elam bre s determination o f this length is exact and therefore practical purposes the meter is defined to be N G . Th - - hu ; , e ’ ab s o l u t el y l eng t/z fo r , f o the p wa s l a ti n u m oa r taa t Pa l a ce of p de » e t / z e I ) t/z e os i ted comparison of this bar with the units in use in this country shows that th e meter is about inches longer than a yard stick A more exact comparison made by Professor ogers indicates that the pre cise length of the standard meter is inches and similar determination by eneral C omstock gave inches T he average these two determinations is inch es which is the value adopted in this essay as the true length of the meter T o make the new system available for general purposes it was decided to divide the meter into ten equal parts which were called meters ach o f these parts i n tne ti ona l t/z e A Co m m i ss i on . r c/ ci o es A n ter n a ' - . R , a ; G 39 3698 5 of . . 3 9 3 7 00 6 , . . , , deci . E , TS D R I VE D F O M THE METE was further subdivided into te n parts called meters and each centimeter was also divi ded into ten parts called meters (The italicised prefixes stand for tenth hundredth and thou sandth respectively just as the words dime cent and mill stand for th e tenth h undredth and thousandth part of a dollar We h ave a decimal system of coinage and we reali e its simplicity and general utility Why not apply the same idea to our weights and mea ures ) F ig is a E C M ET E R T he decimeter is shown subdivided into ten C E T M ET E R S and each centimeter is further subdivided into ten M I I METERS T en of these de cimeters placed end to end woul d make and of them if laid end t o end along the curved surfac e of the earth would just reach from th e equator to the north pole F or measuring b i g distances it was proposed to establish a special uni t equal to meters T o this unit th e name I METER was gi ven ( kilo being de rived from a reek word meaning a T he meter being equal to inches it follo ws that th e I M E T E R is equal to inches that is to feet or of a mile UNI E R R . 1 9 , cen t i , , m il l i . “ ” “ “ ” , , ” , , “ “ ” “ ” ” , , , , . z , . ? s D 3 I . . I N , LL , one , m eter , , . . K “ LO “ G K , LO — , , . 20 THE METR I C S Y STEM £ . 3 0 8 H 3 8 3 E 0 « m : . 0 0 0 t O a a 8 0 2 3 0 8 m . u — E D M D 5 m m 0 0 0 0 : m m m m H m m 0 a 8 c 3 6 0 0 0 m m 8 0 0 8 8 m w m E ? s m m a 3 5 H 0 m a m . 0 0 0 6 a m a c u : 8 0 . w a . . 0 B : 0 3 “ 0 0 2 0 % 8 $ 3 3 0 0 0 0 H £ 0 0 x . 0. 0 . 0 3 8 0 . t w S 3 e u 3 w0 8 m 3 m 3 m 0 . 0 0 0 . o 0 0 s m o 0 H 0 0 “ . E A 8 “ m o 0 3 n 0 0 5 a 6 0 0 8 3 H ¢ 0 H 5 5 3 c 2 » 0 0 a 0 3 a 8 0 0 m 5 “ 9 6 £ 0 0 0 2 0 m ¢ A 3 0 0 m 0 0 6 0 « 0 0 0 3 % . 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 a A 6 h 8 ? 6 m 0 9 6 8 Ea 0 . H . 0 e 0 4 m5 0 8 m 0 m5 0 0 H o n 5 0 . 0 0 S E 2 0 0 0 x o £ 5 0 3 0 0 0 a d 3 0 . w 8 e H E 8 0 0 0 0 . . £ 0 5 9 0 8 o m m a r g TS D E I VE D F M METER T he table for long measure in the M etri c ystem is v ery simple t is as ollow millimeters centimeter centimeters (cm ) decimeter decimeters ( ) meter meters ( ) kilometer S R E ME S U RE Th e tables for square measure and c ubi c measure easily derived from this table for long measure T he area of a rectangle square for example is equal t o the product o f length and breadth A square decimeter (or centimeters) each way will therefore h ave an area of square centimeters hence square deci meter square centimeters Th e rest of the table for square measure is con structed in th e same way and h ence we h ave the following table square millimeters (sq mm ) square centime er square centimeters (sq c m ) souare decimeter square decimeters (sq ) square meter square meters (sq m ) square kil ometer (sq T h e etters i n parent h eses i nd i c te t h e c ust ar abbrev i at i n t h e un i ts pp site h i ch t h e an UN I R RO T HE 2 1 . , S , I . 10 f s 1 10 2 . dm 10 m . 1 ' . 1 . : . 1 . QU A A . are . or , , t he . 10 1 1 00 1 : 1 00 . , 1 00 t 1 . . . 1 00 . . 1 . 1 . 1 00 dm . . . 1 . . l a o fo r o o w om y st y d . THE METR I C SYS E C U B I C ME A S U RE Th e table for cubic measure is con structed in the same way by rememberi ng that the volume of a cube is equal to the product the length breadth n height T hus a c ubic meter being decimeters each way will have the same volume as cubic decimeters H ence we have the following table cubic millimeters ( mm ) cubic centimeter cubic centimeters (c c ) I cubic decimeter cubic decimeters ( c ) cubic meter cubic meters ( m ) cubic kilometer (c Th e cubic meter was former l y called a and the units derived from it were called etc T hese names are now practically out o f use those given the foregoing table being gener ally preferred MEA SU RES M ASS T he unit of in the metric system is th e RA MME A gramme is the quantity of matter in a cubic centimeter of pure water at th e temperature of its maximum density about t might seem more nat ural t o take as th e unit of mass th e quan T 22 M . . , Of , a , d . 10 , , . , 0 1 . . . . . . . dm 1 . . 0 1 . . . s ter e, deci s ter es , cen ti s ter es , . , in . OF m a ss G . , , . , ( 39 I ° , , TS D ER I V D F O M THE METE tity of matter in a cubic centimeter of water at th e f p T here were two rea sons why this was not done n the first place it is di cult in experimenting with water at the exact free ing point to make sure that the water does not contain minute needles of ice certainly will contain them if any part of the water under exam is exposed even momentarily t o a temperature that is the least raction of a degree w the free ing point and the presence of such particles of i ce would modi y the density of the water to such an extent that it would be impossible to deter mine the value the gramme with the requisite degree of precision T he second reason for preferring the temperature of maximum density in defining the gramme is that at this point the coe ficient of sion of water is ero th at a small ch ange in temperature produc es no sensibl e varia tion the density of th e water ther units of mass were derived from the gramme in precisely the same way that other units o f lengt h were derived from the meter T hus the tenth part of a gramme was called a gram the hun part of a gramme was called a gram the thousandth part of a gramme was called a gram and a weight equal t o a thousand grammes was called a UN I E r eez R oi n t i ng R . 23 . I . ‘ ffi , , z , it — i n at i o n , , f oel o z — f of . f , z , e x pan so in . O , . , deci , d re d t h cen ti , mil l i , tai l o THE METR I C S Y STEM gram T he kilogram is therefore cally equal to th e f w p f p f T he weight of this quantity of water was determined mentally by the C ommission that prepared the standard platinum meter and a stand ard mass of platinum having this same weight as nearly as the unavoidable errors of experiment would llow w deposited in the Archives of F rance by the C om is sion on June F or practical and legal purposes therefore w g fi f M iller s com f p parison of this weight with the equivalents used in our own country indicates that the I R A M is equal to IS O S T he avoirdupois pound ing equal to troy grains it follows that the RA MME is equal to TR OY R S T he table for weights in the M etri c ystem is as follows milligrams (mgm ) centigram centigrams cgm ) decigram deci grams ( ) gramme grammes ( ) kilogram kilograms ( ) millier t will be noticed that we h ave preserved th e F rench spelli g in the case of th e 24 . t h e o re t i . m a ss m et er a ter , ur e o m ax i m u m a o i ts tem at cu bi c deci er a tu re o dens i ty . e x p e ri , , a as , m , 22, , 1 799 . , de n ed s ta n da r d K t/z e as m a ss /z t ez in , l a ti nu m o LOG PO t/z e ki l og , va cu o , ram t/z i s o ’ . 2 20 46 2 1 2 5 A V 0 1 R D U . P UN D be . , G G AIN . S : 10 1 . 10 ( 10 dg m . 1 . . 1 . gm kg m . 1 . . . 9" 1 I n A s c alle d “ l o is “ t nne o " , or “ t n n eau o ” . SYS T E M the table for l ong measure i s derived from 26 T HE ME T RI C . th e meter Thus we have milliliters (ml ) centiliter centiliters (cl ) decil ter deciliters (dl ) liter liters kiloliter ( T here is istinction in the M etri c ystem between wet an d dry meas ure A D MEA S U RE convenience in measuring the unit called the A RE w proposed T he A RE is equal t o the area of a square wh ose edges are each meters long and h ence it is equivalent to of an acre T he table for land measure is as follows milliares (ma ) centare centares ( ) I deciare deciares (da are ares decare decares (dc ) hectare ( ) T he E C T E equal to acres is th e unit common y empl oyed in measuring tracts of l and of any c on si derable si e M I S C ELLA N E U S U I TS n addition to the units of measurement that h av e already been mentio ed certain compound units hav e been tabulated in the . 10 . 10 . 10 1 i 1 1 . kl ) 1 d no , “ S . “ ” ” , . L N . l and For , as . 10 ; . : 10 . 0a 10 10 . . ) (a ) 10 AR hc 1 . H 1 1 . 10 1 , . , . l z O N . I n , . TS D ER I VE D F O M THE METE pages that follow is belie v ed that these will be e planatory T he ng lish and American unit for the measure ment of WO R is th e FOO T UN D which is the work that must be done t o raise a pound through a heigh t of one foot T he corresponding metric unit is the I LO RA M M E T E R w h ich i s the work t h at must be done in order to raise a weigh t of one kilogram th rough a heigh t of one meter ince a kilogram i s equal to pounds and a meter is equal to feet it fol lows that one I RA M METER is equal to F OT OU D S T he other compound units are derived in the same simple way Th e only units that still call for special mention appear to be those used for the measurement of and p w T he nglish unit of heat is the quantity of heat required to raise the tem of one pound of water one degree on the F ahrenheit scale The correspond ing metric unit i s the C O R E whi ch is th e h eat required to raise the temperature of a kilogram water one degree on the C en scale A kilogram being equal to pounds and a C entigrade degree being equal to F ahrenh ei degrees it follows that the C A R I E is equal to nglish heat units T he metric unit for meas UNI R R 2 . 7 It : ‘ al m o s t s e l f- x E . K - PO , . G K , . S , , K LOG - x O - P N . nea t o er E . , ra t e u re p . AL I , of t i g ra d e . , t LO , x . E 28 T HE MET IC R SYS T E M . uring th e power of a team e ngine or other prime moveris the FO RC E C HEV A which is defined as equal to th e performing of kilogram meters per minute A kilogram meter being foot pounds it follows that the FO RC E C E is equal to foot pounds per minute T he O R S E O WE R being qual to th e performance of foot pounds of work per minute it ollows that th e FO R C E C HEV A L is equal to of a O R S E OWE R THE M O METER SC A L ES T he C entigrade thermometer scal e though not properly a part of the M etric ystem may be mentioned in this place th e F ahrenheit scale the free ing point of water i s defined as and the Si e the degrees is fixed by defining the di er ence in temperature between th e free ing and boiling points to be T his is a clumsy sort of scale and little can be said in favor of it except that it is in use in ngland and the nited tates T he C entigrade scal e was determined by ing the free ing point of water to be and th e boiling point to be T he fol lowing rules result from these definitions T o convert a gi ven reading on the F ahre n heit scale to its equival ent on the C e nti ’ s L DE , - . e q u al - . to DE , 4 ’ , 500 x V H AL - P H . - e f , DE H - P . R . , S , . On z of z ff z 1 80 ° , U E S . d e fin z 1 00 ° : U SE T A BLE S THE OF 2 . 9 ade scale subtract and divide the re by T o convert a given read on the C entigrade scale to its lent the F ah renheit scale multiply it by and to the product add r g 32 , ° m ai n d e r e q u i va i ng on , US E ' O F T H E T A BLE S he tables appended h ereto are intended to facilitate the comparison of the metric system with the weights and measures used in this country T hey are arranged in order beginning with simple measures of distance under which head centimeters are compared with inches meters with feet and kilometers with miles The next set of tables refers to measures of and square inches square feet square ards square miles and acres are compared with the correspon ng metric measures measure is next considered and cubic inches cubic feet cubic yards uid ounces dry quarts liquid quarts gallons etc are tabulated M easures of w g come next and i this set tables we find grains ounces pounds tons c T he last set of tables contains miscellane ous complex units such as foot pounds pounds per square inch etc which are compared with the corresponding metric units t is belie ved that th ese tables require . 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I . , MET IC T HE 0 3 S R YS T E M . but littl e furth er explanation f we open at any part we find a table for ing a gi ven number of units in th e met system to th e corresponding units em ployed in this country and ately following we find a similar table for performing the converse operati on namely for reducing a given number of nited tates units to the corresponding metric equivalent F or example if we wish to know w many square inches there are in square centimeters we turn to page where we see at once th at square centimeters are equivalent to square inches f we wish to know how many square centimeters there are in square inch s we look in the immediatel y following table and there we find that square inch es are lent to square centimeters t will be noticed that the tables run only to units of any give n kind f we wish to know the value of a larger number of units than t is we may proceed as fol lows f the proposed number is com posed entirely of ciphers exc ept for the first or two figures we can deduce the desired equivalent directly from the tables by merely shifting the decimal point one place to the r ght for every cipher that follows the significant figures I . re du c , ri c i m m e di ; , U S , . ho 38 60 , , 38 I . 26 e , , e q u i va 26 . I 1 00 I . h , I : , one , , i U SE OF T HE T A BL E S 3 . 1 wi th which the proposed number begin s T hus suppose we wished to reduce c ubic meters to its equi valent in cubic yards Th e table that we hav e to use is gi ven on pages and We find here that cubic t cubic yards and hen c e cubic meters cubi c yards f we were required to reduce cubic meters to cubic yards we should find th at cubic c ub i c yards and hence cubi c meters cubic yards imilarly c ubic meters cubic ya ds and cubic cubic yards f th e proposed number conta n s th an two significant figures we may split it up into two or more other numbers each of which consists of not more than two such figures and then we can deduc e th e values of each of these partial numbers and by adding the equivalent numbers so found we can deduce the equi valent of the n umber o gi nally proposed Th us sup pose we wished to know how many inches there are in centimeters T he table that we ave to use is given on pages and We see that H ence the operation is as f l lows in cm in cm . 9 80 , . 88 me 98 , 89 , . ers = 1 2 8 1 7 90 . = 1 28 1 9 80 ; 7 90 . I . 4600 , m e t e r s = 6o 46 1 6 57 4600 , =6 , 016 . 57 S . = 70, 6 2 . . 9 . , r 2 I , i mo r e , , , , , ri . , . ( h 44 o 4 1 00 c m 89 41 89 . . cm . = 161 4 1 72 = . . . = 16 49 2 1 1 3 5 . . THE 2 3 SYS T E M METRIC As . th e table does not give us the equiv of centimeters to more than three decima places the value of centimeters as obtained above cannot be regarded as correct to more than three places of decimals H ence we reject the last two decim ls in the result already found and we have centimeters inches course we may divi de up th e proposed number in any way we please for the pur pose resolving it into other numbers of w S gnificant figures each We wrote merely because that is the easiest decomposition of this sort that can be found B ut we might h ave decomposed it in any other manner F or example we migh t split it up this way Th en t h e work would be in cm cm in cm in cm in cm in H ere as before we must regard th e last two figures as inaccurate because the tabl e does not give us the value of al e n t 4 1 00 l 4 1 89 , , , - . a , 41 89 : 1 649 2 1 1 . . Of , of t o i . . , . : 3 8 00 . 2 90 43 6 5 1 49 6 0 6 2 . . : . . = . . . . , 2 1 56 . , , 3 8 00 34 THE M E TR I C S 1 92 g YS T E M . on pages to will ive at a glance a good idea of how these two scale c ompare at di ferent points and the tables enable us to calculate to the nearest hundredth of a degree the reading either one of these scales which corresponds to a given reading on the other one T he rule for per forming this calculation the tables has been given already on page t only remains to show how the calculation is acilitated by the use of the tables T he table on page gives a direct comparison for every five degrees on the C entigrade scale up to and then for every ten degrees up to uppose that a F ah thermometer and a C entigrade thermometer are exposed side by side to a given temperature f the C entigrade i nstrument reads we see from the table that th e F ahrenheit instrument will read if the C entigrade thermometer reads the F ahrenheit one will read if the F ahrenheit one reads the C enti grade one will read and if the F ah one reads the C entigrade one will read A given temperature on either scale may thus be translated directly into its equivalent on the other one pro the given temperature can be found in the table on page f it cannot be found there we have to make use of the 1 90 , , s f ; , on , , . m i t/coa t , 28 , f I . . 1 88 S re n h ei t , , I . r e n h ei t , vi d e d 1 , 88 . I OF T H E USE S 5 as il lustrated in T A BL E 3 . au iliary table on page the examples which follow uppose th e C entigrade instrument reads and we wish to know the corresponding reading on the F ahrenheit one We do find in the C enti rade column but we find and its equivalent in the F ahren heit system is T u ning now to t h e auxiliary table on th e next page we see that a interval on a C entig ade th er is equivalent to an interval of on a F ahrenh eit instrument H ence we obtain the equivalent of as follows F ahr ( p p( C orrect i on for F ahr H ence We migh t have based our calcul ation on any other reading in the main table which is within of the ven temperature of the being the greatest interval ( tabulated on page T hus we could base it upon the reading in the first column We note that and the calculation is as follows C orrection for H e ce C F ahr which i s the same result as we obtained before B y way of completing the x 1 89 , S . not . 42 ° g do , r , 2 ° r m o m e te r 36 ° . 42 C ° . , : C = ° 0 4 l o4 . C 2° o . . . . ° 2 4 , . . , 20 42 ° 20 gi ° ° , 55 42 . ° ° 55 ° : n . , 55 ° 1 ° 3 42 C C . . ° . : 23 1 07 . . 4 o 6 o . e x pl a 36 ME T RIC T HE S Y S TEM . nation of these tables let us suppose that it is desired to reduce F ahrenheit tem to its equivalent on the C entigrade scale T he work is as follows T hen C C orrection for C (p , t he pe rat u re : . 698 698 ° 5 0 . 8 0 . 090 o . . . u 8 u u u N 0 444 0 O SO O C . H 0 . 0 u H ence B ut Since the correction for F ahr is only given to two places of decimals the decimal in th e result cannot h ave any pre tension to accuracy so that preserving the nearest unit in the decimal place our conclusion is that when a F ahrenheit thermometer reads a C entigrade thermometer exposed to the same condi tions will read . 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