| | | than the | | | | | | |beer quart.| | | | +-----+------------+-----------+----------+----------+-------------+ _Reduction of the old French Weights and Measures to English; and the contrary._ 1st. To reduce English Avoirdupois to Paris weight: The avoirdupois pound of 16 } ounces, or 7000 troy grains. = 8538 } Paris grains. The ounce = 533.6250 } 2d. To reduce Paris running feet or inches into } English, multiply by } ” ” English running feet or inches into} 1.065977 Paris, divide by } 3d. To reduce Paris cubic feet or inches into } English, multiply by } ” ” English cubic feet or inches into } 1.211278 Paris, divide by } 4th. To reduce the Paris pint to the English, } multiply by } ” ” the English pint to the Paris, } 2.0171082 divide by } LAVOISIER CH. _German Measures._—The Rhinland rood is the measure commonly used in Germany and Holland, and in most of the northern states, for all military purposes. It is divided into 12 feet. The Rhinland rood is sometimes divided into tenths, or decimal feet, and the pace is made equal to 2 decimal feet, or ²/₁₀ of a rood. _Proportion between the English Weights and Measures, and those of the principal Places in Europe._