Elements of Chemistry,: In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern DiscoveriesLavoisier, Antoine Laurent
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Elements of Chemistry,: In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
Chemistry -- Early works to 1800
The English Troy pound } = 7021. }
of 12 ounces } }
The Troy ounce = 585.0830 }
The dram of 60 grs. = 73.1353 } Paris
The penny weight, or } = 29.2540 } grains.
denier, of 24 grs. } }
The scruple, of 20 grs. = 24.3784 }
III. _To Reduce English Averdupois to Paris Weight._
The averdupois pound of } }
16 ounces, or 7000 } = 8538. } Paris
Troy grains. } } grains.
The ounce = 533.6250 }
Sec. 2. _Long and Cubical Measures._
To reduce Paris feet or inches into }
English, multiply by } 1.065977
English feet or inches into Paris, }
divide by }
To reduce Paris cubic feet or inches }
to English, multiply by }
English cubic feet or inches to Paris, } 1.211278
divide by }
Or by means of the following tables:
IV. _To Reduce Paris Long Measure to English._
The Paris royal foot of } }
12 inches } = 12.7977 } English
The inch = 1.0659 }
The line, or 1/12 of an inch = .0888 } inches.
The 1/12 of a line = .0074 }
V. _To Reduce English Long Measure to French._
The English foot = 11.2596 }
The inch = .9383 }
The 1/8 of an inch = .1173 } Paris inches.
The 1/10 = .0938 }
The line, or 1/12 = .0782 }
VI. _To Reduce French Cube Measure to English._
The Paris } English { }
cube foot = 1.211278 } cubical { 2093.088384 }
The cubic } feet, { } inches.
inch = .000700 } or { 1.211278 }
VII. _To Reduce English Cube Measure to French._
The English cube foot, }
or 1728 cubical inches } = 1427.4864 } French
The cubical inch = .8260 } cubical
The cube tenth = .0008 } inches.
Sec. 3. _Measure of Capacity._
The Paris pint contains 58.145[63] English cubical inches, and the
English wine pint contains 28.85 cubical inches; or, the Paris pint
contains 2.01508 English pints, and the English pint contains .49617
Paris pints; hence,
To reduce the Paris pint to the English, }
multiply by } 2.01508.
To reduce the English pint to the }
Paris, divide by }
No. VI.
TABLE _of the Weights of the different Gasses, at 28 French inches, or
29.84 English inches barometrical pressure, and at 10 deg. (54.5 deg.) of
temperature, expressed in English measure and English Troy weight._
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