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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.MacKellar, Thomas

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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

Name: The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.
Author: MacKellar, Thomas

MacKellar, Thomas

Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States

Including the meter and gram, five units have been adopted in the metric
system, viz.:—

    1. The Meter, the unit of length, = 3.280899 feet = 39.37079
    inches.

    2. The Are, the unit of surface, = 1 square dekameter =
    119.60332 square yards.

    3. The Liter, the unit of capacity, = 1 cubic decimeter =
    0.26418635 gallon = 1.0567454 quarts.

    4. The Stere, the unit of solidity, = 1 cubic meter = 35.336636
    cubic feet = 1.308764 cubic yards.

    5. The Gram, the unit of weight, = 15.43234874 grains troy.

For practical purposes the following are commonly used as units, viz.:—

    For itinerary measure, the kilometer = 0.62138 mile. For land
    measure, the hektare = 2.47114 acres. For commercial weight,
    the kilogram = 2.20462125 pounds. The nickel five-cent piece,
    coined since 1866, weighs exactly 5 grams.


METRIC EQUIVALENTS OF ENGLISH MEASURES AND WEIGHTS.

  LONG MEASURE.

  1 inch = 2.540 centimeters.
  1 foot = 3.048 decimeters.
  1 yard = 9.144 decimeters.
  1 rod = 5.0291 meters.
  1 mile = 1.6093 kilometers.

  SQUARE MEASURE.

  1 acre = 40.467 ares.

  LIQUID MEASURE.

  1 gill = 1.1831 deciliters.
  1 pint = 4.7325 deciliters.
  1 quart = 9.4650 deciliters.
  1 gallon = 3.786 liters.

  DRY MEASURE.

  1 pint = 5.5067 deciliters.
  1 quart = 1.1013 liters.
  1 peck = 8.8108 liters.
  1 bushel = 3.524 dekaliters.

  AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

  1 ounce = 2.835 dekagrams.
  1 pound = 4.5359 hektograms.

  TROY WEIGHT.

  1 grain = 6.480 centigrams.
  1 ounce = 3.1103 dekagrams.
  1 pound = 3.7324 hektograms.


TABLE FOR REDUCING POUNDS AND OUNCES TO KILOGRAMS.

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The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

MacKellar, Thomas

Graphic design (Typography); Printing -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Printing industry -- United States

Including the meter and gram, five units have been adopted in the metric
system, viz.:—

    1. The Meter, the unit of length, = 3.280899 feet = 39.37079
    inches.

    2. The Are, the unit of surface, = 1 square dekameter =
    119.60332 square yards.

    3. The Liter, the unit of capacity, = 1 cubic decimeter =
    0.26418635 gallon = 1.0567454 quarts.

    4. The Stere, the unit of solidity, = 1 cubic meter = 35.336636
    cubic feet = 1.308764 cubic yards.

    5. The Gram, the unit of weight, = 15.43234874 grains troy.

For practical purposes the following are commonly used as units, viz.:—

    For itinerary measure, the kilometer = 0.62138 mile. For land
    measure, the hektare = 2.47114 acres. For commercial weight,
    the kilogram = 2.20462125 pounds. The nickel five-cent piece,
    coined since 1866, weighs exactly 5 grams.


METRIC EQUIVALENTS OF ENGLISH MEASURES AND WEIGHTS.

  LONG MEASURE.

  1 inch = 2.540 centimeters.
  1 foot = 3.048 decimeters.
  1 yard = 9.144 decimeters.
  1 rod = 5.0291 meters.
  1 mile = 1.6093 kilometers.

  SQUARE MEASURE.

  1 acre = 40.467 ares.

  LIQUID MEASURE.

  1 gill = 1.1831 deciliters.
  1 pint = 4.7325 deciliters.
  1 quart = 9.4650 deciliters.
  1 gallon = 3.786 liters.

  DRY MEASURE.

  1 pint = 5.5067 deciliters.
  1 quart = 1.1013 liters.
  1 peck = 8.8108 liters.
  1 bushel = 3.524 dekaliters.

  AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

  1 ounce = 2.835 dekagrams.
  1 pound = 4.5359 hektograms.

  TROY WEIGHT.

  1 grain = 6.480 centigrams.
  1 ounce = 3.1103 dekagrams.
  1 pound = 3.7324 hektograms.


TABLE FOR REDUCING POUNDS AND OUNCES TO KILOGRAMS.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

The American Printer: A Manual of Typography: Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc.

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