Part 35 (1/2)
To reduce Paris feet or inches into } English, lish feet or inches into Paris, } divide by }
To reduce Paris cubic feet or inches } to English, lish cubic feet or inches to Paris, } 1211278 divide by }
Or bytables:
IV _To Reduce Paris Long Measure to English_
The Paris royal foot of } } 12 inches } = 127977 } English The inch = 10659 } 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 = 112596 } 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 = 1211278 } cubical { 2093088384 } The cubic } feet, { } inches
inch = 000700 } or { 1211278 }
VII _To Reduce English Cube Measure to French_
The English cube foot, } or 1728 cubical inches } = 14274864 } French The cubical inch = 8260 } cubical The cube tenth = 0008 } inches
-- 3 _Measure of Capacity_
The Paris pint contains 58145[63] English cubical inches, and the English wine pint contains 2885 cubical inches; or, the Paris pint contains 201508 English pints, and the English pint contains 49617 Paris pints; hence,
To reduce the Paris pint to the English, } lish pint to the } Paris, divide by }
No VI
TABLE _of the Weights of the different Gasses, at 28 French inches, or 2984 English inches barometrical pressure, and at 10 (545) of teht_
Naht of a cubical inch cubical foot
(A) qrs oz dr qrs
Aten gas 34211 1 1 51 Hydrogen gas 02394 0 0 4126 Carbonic acid gas 44108 1 4 41 (B) Nitrous gas 37000 1 2 39 Aas 71580 2 4 38
[Note A: These five were ascertained by Mr Lavoisier himself--E]