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- # source:
- # 36th Edition Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (1955-56),
- # Chemical Rubber Publishing Co.
- metre !0
- gramme !1
- second !2
- coulomb !3
- radian !4
- bit !5
- unitedstatesdollar !6
- sheet !7
- candle !8
- kelvin !9
- copperpiece !10
-
- # important constants
- approx 1
- pi approx 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841972
- exp approx 2.7182818284590452353602874713526624977572
- gamma approx 0.5772156649015328606065120900824024310422
- phi approx 1.6180339887498948482045868343656381177203
- % 1/100
- percent %
-
- # distance
- meter metre
- m meter
- cm centimeter
- mm millimeter
- km kilometer
- micron 1e-4 cm
- inch 100/3937 meter
- inches inch
- in inch
- foot 12 inches
- feet foot
- ft foot
- yard 3 feet
- yd yard
- rod 5.5 yards
- pole rod
- perch rod
- mile 320 rods
- mi mile
- mil .001 inch
- hand 4 inches
- span 9 inches
- fathom 6 feet
- link 1/25 rods
- chain 4 rods
- surveyerschain chain
- gunterschain chain
- engineerschain 100 ft
- ramsdenschain engineerschain
- nauticalmile approx 1.1516 mi
- ligne .225583 cm
- pouce 12 lignes
- pied 12 pouces
- toise 6 pieds
- parisline ligne
- parisinch pouce
- parisfoot pied
- point 1/72 inch
- line 6 points
- pica 12 points
-
- # area
- are 1 dekameter+2
- centare centiare
- hectare hectoare
- rood 40 rod+2
- acre 4 roods
-
- # volume
- cc cm+3
- litre 1000 cc
- liter litre
- l litre
- ml millilitre
- stere m+3
- boardfoot 1 ft+2 inch
- cord 128 ft+3
-
- # US liquid measure
- minim .0616102 millilitres
- fluiddram 60 minims
- fluidounce 8 fluiddrams
- gill 4 fluidounces
- cup 2 gills
- tablespoon 1/16 cup
- teaspoon 1/3 tablespoon
- pint 2 cups
- quart 2 pints
- gallon 4 quarts
- firkin 9 gallons
- hogshead 63 gallons
- tun 252 gallons
- floz fluidounce
- fldr fluiddram
- qt quart
- gal gallon
- tsp teaspoon
- tbsp tablespoon
-
- # US dry measure
- drypint .550599 litre
- dryquart 2 drypints
- peck 4 dryquarts
- bushel 4 pecks
-
- # British fluid and dry measure (are these really the same?)
- brgill 1.4206 deciliter
- brpint 4 brgill
- brcup 2/5 brpint
- brfluidounce 1/8 brcup
- brtablespoon 1/16 brcup
- brteaspoon 1/3 brtablespoon
- brquart 2 brpint
- pottle 2 brquart
- brgallon 2 pottle
- brfirkin 9 brgallon
- brpeck 2 brgallon
- brbushel 4 brpeck
- brquarter 8 brbushel
- brfloz brfluidounce
- brtbsp brtablespoon
- brtsp brteaspoon
- brqt brquart
- brgal brgallon
-
- # mass
- gram gramme
- mg milligram
- g gram
- kg kilogram
- grain .064798918 g
-
- # avoirdupois
- pound 7000 grain
- ounce 1/16 pound
- dram 1/16 ounce
- hundredweight 100 pounds
- ton 20 hundredweight
- stone 14 pounds
- quarter 2 stone
- longhundredweight 4 quarters
- longton 20 longhundredweight
- gr grain
- dr dram
- oz ounce
- lb pound
- cwt hundredweight
-
- # troy
- pennyweight 24 grains
- troyounce 20 pennyweight
- troypound 12 troyounce
- oldcarat 3.168 grains # replaced by the metric carat
- dwt pennyweight
- ozt troyounce
- lbt troypound
-
- # apothecaries'
- scruple 20 grains
- apothecariesdram 3 scruples
- apothecariesounce 8 apothecariesdrams
- apothecariespound 12 apothecariesounces
- drap apothecariesdram
- ozap apothecariesounce
- lbap apothecariespound
-
- # time
- minute 60 seconds
- hour 60 minutes
- day 24 hours
- year approx 365.2422 days
- leapyear 366 days
- lunarmonth approx 42524.047 minutes
- siderialsecond .997270 seconds
- sec second
- min minute
- hr hour
- yr year
- mo lunarmonth
- month lunarmonth
-
- # angles
- degree pi/180 radians
- arcminute 1/60 degrees
- arcsecond 1/60 arcminutes
- circumference 360 degrees
- grade 1/400 circumference
- centesimalminute 1/100 grade
- centesimalsecond 1/100 centesimalminute
- deg degree
- turn 2 pi radians
-
- # solid angle
- steradian square radian
- sphere 4 pi steradians
- entirespace 4 pi steradians
- sphericalrightangle 1/8 sphere
- squaredegree 3.0462e-4 steradian
-
- # electrical and magnetic
- electron 1.6021917e-19 coulomb
- e electron
- ampere coulomb/second
- amp ampere
- watt kg m+2/sec+3
- volt watt/ampere
- ohm volt/ampere
- megohm megaohm
- microhm microohm
- kilohm kiloohm
- mho 1/ohm
- seimen mho
- farad coulomb/volt
- henry volt sec/ampere
- weber volt sec
- maxwell 1e-8 weber
- gauss maxwell / cm+2
- gilbert .79577472 ampere turn
- oersted gilbert/cm
-
- # temperature
- rankine 1.8 kelvin
-
- # pdp-11
- nibble 4 bits
- nybble nibble
- byte 2 nibbles
- word 2 bytes
- block 256 words
- sector block
- rptrack 22 sectors
- rpcylinder 19 rptracks
- rpdisk 411 rpcylinders # rp04
- bigrpdisk 815 rpcylinders # rp06
- k 1024
- kilobyte k bytes
- kiloword k words
- megabyte k kilobytes
- megaword k kilowords
-
- # light
- lambert 1/pi candle/sq cm
- footlambert 1/pi candle/sq ft
- bougiedecimale approx .1 candle
- lumen candle steradian
- carcelunit 9.6 candle
- englishspermcandle approx 1 candle
- footcandle lumen/sq ft
- lux lumen/sq m
- phot 1e4 lux
- hefnerunit approx .90 candle
- pentanecandle approx 1 candle
- stilb candle/sq cm
-
- # miscellaneous
- angstrom 1e-10 m
- au 1.49504e8 km
- bag 3 bushels
- barleycorn 1/3 inch
- barrel 31.5 gal
- bbl barrel
- drybarrel 105 dryquarts
- brbarrel 36 brgal
- bolt 120 ft
- bucket 4 brgallon
- butt 126 brgallon
- cablelength 720 ft
- carat .2 gram
- ct carat
- cental 100 lb
- chaldron 36 bushels
- brchaldron 32 brbushels
- circle 2 pi radians
- circularinch pi/4 inch+2
- circularmil pi/4 mil+2
- circularmillimeter pi/4 mm+2
- circularmm circularmillimeter
- clove 8 lb
- customarystone clove
- coomb 4 brbushels
- cordfoot 1/8 cord
- cordfeet cordfoot
- cdft cordfoot
- dalton 1.650e-24 gram
- amu 1.660531e-24 gram
- siderialday approx 8.6164e4 sec
- drachm 60 minims
- ell 45 inches
- em pica
- furlong 40 rods
- knot nauticalmile/hr
- nail 2.25 in
- noggin 1/32 brgallon
- pace 30 in
- palm 3 in
- parsec 3.08374e13 km
- masonryperch 24.75 ft+3
- puncheon 84 gallon
- quadrant 90 deg
- longquarter 1/4 longton
- quartercapacity 8 brbushels
- linearquarter 1/4 yard
- quartermass 1/4 longhundredweight
- dryquartern 1/2 brgallon
- liquidquartern 1/32 brgallon
- quintal 100 kg
- quire 25 sheets
- ream 20 quires
- registerton 100 ft+3
- revolution 360 degrees
- rodvolume 1000 ft+3
- rope 20 ft
- sack 3 brbushels
- seam 8 brbushels
- sign 30 degrees
- skein 360 ft
- slug 32.174 lbs
- geepound slug
- strike 2 bushels
- tonne 1000 kg
- metricton tonne
- millier tonne
- township 36 mi+2
- week 7 days
- fortnight 2 weeks
- wey 40 bushels
- weymass 252 pounds
- rpm revolution/minute
- light 2.9979250e8 m/sec
- c light
- lightyear light year
- gravity 9.80665 m/sec+2
- gee gravity
- weight gravity
- force gravity
- demal g/decimeter+3
- water 1 g/cc force
- mercury 13.5951 g/cc force
- pascal kg/m+2
- psi lb/sq in
- hg mercury
- torr mm hg
- karat 1/24
- minersinch 1.2 ft+3/min
- dyne g cm/sec+2
- newton 1e5 dynes
- nt newton
- poundal ft lb/sec+2
- atmosphere 760 mm hg
- bar 1e6 dyne/cm+2
- barye dyne/cm+2
- joule watt sec
- erg 1e-7 joule
- britishthermalunit 1054.8 joules
- btu britishthermalunit
- centigradethermalunit 1898.3 joules
- ctu centigradethermalunit
- chevalvapeurheure 2.6478e6 joules
- calorie 4.186 joules
- cal calorie
- kcal kilocal
- megalerg 1e6 erg
- chevalvapeur 736 watts
- forcedecheval chevalvapeur
- horsepower .74570 kilowatts
- poise gram/cm/sec
- stoke poise cc/gram
- rhe 1/poise
- proof 1/200
- h 6.626196e-34 joule sec # Planck's constant
- mole 6.022169e23 # Avogadro's number
- faraday mole e
- xunit 1.0020764 angstrom
- barn 1e-24 cm+2
- shed .01 barn
- league 3 mi
- last 640 brgallon
- ev electron volt
- kilderkin 18 brgallons
- reyn 6.89476e6 centipoise
- solarmass 1.991e30 kg
- earthmass 5.979e24 kg
- lunarmass 7.3544e22 kg
- earthradius 6371.315 km
- electronmass 9.109558e-28 g
- protonmass 1.672614e-24 g
- neutronmass 1.674920e-24 g
- alpha 1/137.03602 # fine structure constant
- R 8.31434 joules/kelvin # gas law constant
- G 6.6732e-11 nt m+2 kg-2 # gravitational constant
- rhydbergconstant 1.09737312e7 m-1
- bohrradius 5.2917715e-11 m
- electronradius alpha+2 bohrradius
- bolzmansconstant 1.380622e-23 joules/kelvin
- stephanbolzmansconstant 5.66961e-8 watt kelvin+4/m+2
- choppin 1/2 pint
- # Principle foreign weights and measures,
- # from 11th ed. Encyclopaedia Britannica
- almude 16.8 litre # Portugal
- anoman 5.60 brbushel # Ceylon
- ammomam anoman
- amomam anoman
- khat 1 cm # Turkey
- parmak 10 khat
- archin 10 parmak
- mill 1000 archin
- pharoagh 10 mills
- ardeb 5.447 brbushel # Egypt
- arpent 100 sq perch # France
- arroba 14.68 kg # Portugal
- artaba 1.809 brbushel # Persia
- aune 4 ft # Jersey
- barilo 12.834 brgallon # Rome
- bat 234 grains # Siam
- tical bat
- behar 439.45 lb # Arabia
- berri 1.084 mi # Turkey
- boisseau 15 litre # Belgium
- boutylka 1.353 brpint # Russia
- braca 2.22 m # Portugal
- braccio .670 m # Spain
- bracciodara 29.528 in # Rome
- brasse 5.328 ft # France
- braza 5.682 ft # Argentina
- bu 3.0306 sq m # Japan
- tsubo bu
- bunder 2.471 acres # Netherlands
- cabot 139 brgills # Jersey
- pot 1/10 cabot
- candy 560 lb # Bombay
- cantar 124.7 lb # Turkey
- cantarapiccolo 74.771 lb # Italy
- capicha .58 brgallon # Persia
- cawnie 1.322 acre # Madras
- centner 50 kilogram # Austria, Denmark, Switzerland
- ch'ih 1.175 ft # China
- pu 5 ch'ih
- chang 10 ch'ih
- chapah 9/5 lb # N. Borneo
- chek 117/8 in # Hong Kong
- chenica .289 brgallon # Persia
- ch'ien 58.5 grains # China
- ching 121 sq ft # China
- ch'ing 72600 sq ft # China
- tola 180 grains # Bengal
- chittack 5 tola
- ch'ok 7.75 in # Korea
- chuo 1815 sq ft # China
- chupah 1.66 brpint # Singapore
- chupak 1 brquart # Straits Settlements
- collothun 1.809 brgallon # Persia
- coss 1.136 meter # Bengal
- covado .66 meter # Portugal
- covid 18 in # Madras, Bombay, Siam
- covido approx 18 in # Arabia
- greatcovido 27 in
- cuartillo .504 liter # Spain
- drycuartillo 1.16 liter # Spain
- daktylon 1 cm # Greece
- daribah 43.58 brbushel # Egypt
- deciatina 2.7 acres # Russia
- sagene 1/2400 deciatina
- denaro 18.17 grains # Rome
- deunam are # Turkey
- diraa 27 in # Egypt
- draa diraa
- pic diraa
- dirhem 1.761 dram # Egypt
- djerib hectare # Turkey
- dolia .686 grain # Russia
- dola dolia
- zolotnick 96 dolia
- drachme 1 gram # Greece
- ducat 53.873 grains # Vienna
- duim 1 cm # Netherlands
- eimer 12.448 brgallons # Austria
- el 1 meter # Netherlands
- ella 1 yard # N. Borneo
- endaseh approx 25 in # Egypt
- hindazi endaseh
- faltche 1.4322 hectare # Moldavia
- fanega 3.773 brbushel # Argentina
- farn 11.43 cm
- cognel 4 farns
- fass 1 hectolitre # Germany
- feddan 1.028 acre # Egypt
- fen 5.83 grains # China
- fjerdingkar .9564 brbushel # Denmark
- fod 1.0297 foot # Denmark
- foglietto .8 brpint # Rome
- fot 11.689 in # Sweden
- stong 10 fot
- ref 10 stong
- founte .90282 lb # Russia
- funt founte
- livre founte
- foute 1 ft # Russia
- frasco 21/8 litre # Argentina
- fuss 1.037 ft # Vienna
- gantang 32 brgallon # Straits Settlements
- garnetz .3607 brpeck # Russia
- go 180.39 cc # Japan
- grano .757 grain # Rome
- grao .768 grain # Portugal
- grein .065 gram # Netherlands
- hat'h 18 in # Bengal, Bombay
- moolum hat'h
- hiyakame 5797.198 grains # Japan
- hiyakkin 132.5 lb # Japan
- hu approx 12.5 brgallons # China
- immi 1.5 litre # Switzerland
- joch 1.422 acre # Austria-Hungary
- kaima .576 brgallon # Sweden
- kanne 1/4 kaima
- kanna kanne
- kan 4/3 lb # Hong Kong
- rotl .990492 lb # Egypt
- kantar 100 rotl
- cantaro kantar
- batman 6.5 lb # Persia
- karwar 100 batman
- kassabah 3.8824 yards # Egypt
- kati 4/3 lb # China, Straits Settlements
- gin kati
- ken 5.965 ft # Japan
- kerat 9/8 in # Turkey
- kette 10.936 yd # Germany
- ellen 1/14.994 kette # Germany
- keu 40 in # Siam
- kile 8 brgal # Cyprus
- killow .97 brbushel # Turkey
- kin .601 kg # Japan, China
- klafter 2.0740 yd # Austria
- koddi 1.67 brgal # Arabia
- koilon 1 hectolitre # Greece
- koku 4.9629 brbushel # Japan
- gall 1/39.7033 koku # Japan
- to 3.9703 galls # Japan
- kon 4/3 lb # Corea
- korntonde 138.97 litres # Norway
- korntopmaal 160 litres # Norway
- korrel 1 decigram # Netherlands
- kotyle 1 decilitre # Greece
- kouza 9 brquart # Cyprus
- koyan 16000/3 lb # Straits Settlements
- krina 12.8 litres # Bulgaria
- kung 78.96 in # China
- kup 10 in # Siam
- momme .008281 lb # Japan
- kwan 1000 momme # Japan
- kuwan kwan
- kyat .03652 lb # Burma
- lak't .650 metre # Bulgaria
- leang 1750/3 grain # China
- lckha 229.83 sq m # Bulgaria
- li 360 pu # China
- liang 4/3 oz # China
- chin 16 liang # China
- catty chin
- libbra .7477 lb # Italy
- libra 1.0127 lb # Argentina
- arratel 1.012 lb # Portugal
- liniia .1 inch # Russia
- archine 280 liniias # Russia
- mystra 1/100 litre # Greece
- litra 100 mystra # Greece
- litro 1 litre # Spain, Italy
- apothecarieslivre 11.5204 troyounces # Russia
- livrepoids .4895 kg # France
- maass 1.245 brquart # Austria
- maatze 1 decilitre # Netherlands
- mace 175/3 grains # China
- mahud 2.04 lb # Arabia
- maik 13/2 inches # Burmah
- cubit 3 maik # Burmah
- marc .2448 kg # France
- onca 229.5/8 gram # Portugal
- marco 8 onca # Portugal
- metro metre # Spain, Italy
- metz 1.691 brbushel # Austria
- miglio .925 mile # Rome
- mijle kilometer # Netherlands
- milha 1.296 mile # Portugal
- mille 1.949 kilometre # France
- miscal 71 grains # Persia
- mkono 45.72 centimetres # East Africa
- mna 3/2 kg # Greece
- oka 1/1.72 mna # Greece
- morgen .631 acre # Denmark, Norway, Prussia
- mou 806.65 sq yd # China
- mud 1 hectolitre # Netherlands
- nin 10/12 in # Siam
- obolos 1 decigram # Greece
- ock 1 kg # Turkey
- octavillo .29 litre # Spain
- oitavo 1.730 litre # Portugal
- oke 1.28 litre # Bulgaria
- once 30.59 gram # France
- oncia 436.165 grain # Rome
- onze 1 hectogramme # Netherlands
- onzen onze # Netherlands
- pond 10 onzen # Netherlands
- packen 1083.382 lb # Russia
- palamo 1 decimetre # Greece
- palmo .22 metre # Portugal
- para 90 lb # N. Borneo
- parah 5.59 brpints # Ceylon
- po 1/3 meter # Portugal
- pecheuse 1/1.543 m # Greece
- pecul 400/3 lb # China
- guz 3.88/6000 mi # Persia
- persakh 6000 guz # Persia
- parasang persakh # Persia
- loth .615 oz # Germany
- unze 2 loth # Germany
- unzen unze # Germany
- pfund 16 unzen # Germany
- picki .648 m # Greece
- pie 11.73 in # Rome
- piedeburgos 11.13 in # Spain
- pounce 1.181 in # Belgium
- piedderoi .3248 m # France
- perche 22 sq piedderoi # France
- pipe 126 brgallon # Gilbraltar
- poidedemare .2448 kilogram # France
- polegada 27.77 mm # Portugal
- apothecariespond 375 gram # Netherlands
- paegle .425 brpint # Denmark
- poud 36 lb # Russia
- pood poud # Russia
- puddee 2.89 brpint # Madras
- pulgada .927 in # Spain
- pund 500 gram # Denmark
- quarto 2.024 brbushel # Rome
- quintale quintal # Italy
- ratel 1.014 lb # Persia
- rattel 17.219 lb # Arabia
- rottle rattel # Arabia
- ri 2.440 mi # Japan
- rode 3.762 m # Denmark
- roede 1 dekametre # Netherlands
- rottolo rotl # Egypt
- rottol 2.513 brpint # Turkey
- rubbio 1.012 brquarter # Spain
- scheffel 50 litres # Germany
- schepel 1 dekalitre # Netherlands
- schoppen 1/2 litre # Germany
- se 118.615 sq yd # Japan
- seer 72/35 lb # India
- passerce 5 seer # Bengal
- maund 40 seer # India
- seidel .6224 brpint # Austria
- sen 44.4 mi # Siam
- ser 1 litre # India
- shaku .3 metre # Japan
- sheng 1.813 brpint # China
- shih 160 lb # China
- shoo 1.804 litre # Japan
- skaalpund 435.076 grams # Sweden
- skeppe 17.39 litre # Denmark
- skjeppe 17.37 litre # Norway
- stab 1 metre # Germany
- stadron 1 km # Greece
- stero stere # Italy
- streepe 1 mm # Holland
- stremma 1 are # Greece
- strich 1 mm # Germany
- striche .3 mm # Switzerland
- stunde 4.8 km # Switzerland
- stunden stunde # Switzerland
- stunder 5 stunden # Switzerland
- zer 73/2 in # Persia
- zoll .3 decimetre # Switzerland
- sultchek parmak+3 # Turkey
- sung 4 lb # Corea
- tael 10 momme # Japan
- hoon 4/300 oz # Straits Settlements
- chee 10 hoon # Straits Settlements
- tahil 10 chee # Straits Settlements
- tam 400/3 lb # Hong Kong
- tan 25 brgal # China
- tang 2 mi # Burma
- tangsun 10 li # China
- tank 1225/72 grains # Bombay
- pice 72/30 tanks # Bombay
- tcharka .866 brgill # Russia
- tchetverik .7215 brbushels # Russia
- tcheverte 8 tchetveriks # Russia
- teng 2218.2 cu in # Burma
- thanan 1.5 brpint # Siam
- thangsat 4.688 brgallon # Siam
- tonde 131.392 litres # Denmark
- drytonde 139.121 litres # Denmark
- tonnelada 793.15 kg # Portugal
- tonos 29.526 cwt # Greece
- tou approx 18 brpint # China
- tovar 128.2 kg # Bulgaria
- t'sun 1.41 inch # China
- tu 100.142 mi # China
- vara 33 in # Spain
- vat 1 hectolitre # Holland
- schtoff .27056 litres # Russia
- vedro 10 schtoff # Russia
- verchok 1.75 in # Russia
- verst .66288 mi # Russia
- versta verst # Russia
- vierkanteroede are # Holland
- viertel 1.7 brgallon # Denmark
- viss 511/140 lb # Rangoon
- wa 80 in # Siam
- wigtje 1 gram # Netherlands
- wisse stere # Netherlands
- mexicoyard 838 cm # Mexico
- zac hectolitre # Netherlands
- doli 65.8306/96 grains # Russia
- zolotnik 96 doli # Russia
-