Webster's New World Notebook Dictionary - Softcover

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Webster's New World Notebook Dictionary Weights and Measures
Linear
* 12 inches = 1 foot
* 3 feet = 1 yard
* 5.5 yards = 1 rod
* 40 rods = 1 furlong
* 8 furlongs = 1 mile
Liquid
* 16 ounces = 1 pint
* 2 pints = 1 quart
* 4 quarts = 1 gallon
* 31.5 gallons = 1 barrel
* 2 barrels = 1 hogshead
Metric Equivalents
* 1 inch = 2.5400 centimeters
* 1 foot = 0.3048 meter
* 1 yard = 0.9144 meter
* 1 mile = 1.6093 kilometers
* 1 centimeter = 0.3937 inch
* 1 decimeter = 3.9370 inches
* 1 meter = 39.3701 inches
* 1 kilometer = 0.6214 mile
* 1 quart (dry) = 1.1012 liters
* 1 quart (liquid) = 0.9464 liter
* 1 gallon = 3.7854 liters
* 1 liter = 0.9081 dry quart
* 1 liter = 1.0567 liquid quarts
Square
* 144 sq. inches = 1 sq. foot
* 9 sq. feet = 1 sq. yard
* 30.25 sq. yards = 1 sq. rod
* 160 sq. rods = 1 acre
* 640 acres = 1 sq. mile
Circular
* 60 seconds = 1 minute
* 60 minutes = 1 degree
* 90 degrees = 1 quadrant
* 180 degrees = 1 semicircle
* 360 degrees = 1 circle
Metric Equivalents
* 1 sq. inch = 6.4516 sq. centimeters
* 1 sq. foot = 929.0304 sq. centimeters
* 1 sq. mile = 2.590 sq. kilometers
* 1 sq. centimeter = 0.155 sq. inch
* 1 sq. meter = 1.196 sq. yards
* 1 sq. kilometer = 0.3861 sq. mile
Cubic
* 1,728 cu. inches = 1 cu. foot
* 27 cu. feet = 1 cu. yard
* 128 cu. feet = 1 cord (wood)
* 2 pints = 1 quart
* 8 quarts = 1 peck
* 4 pecks = 1 bushel
Metric Equivalents
* 1 cu. inch = 16.3871 cu. centimeters
* 1 cu. inch = 0.0164 liter
* 1 cu. foot = 0.0283 cu. meter
* 1 cu. foot = 28.3169 liters
* 1 cu. meter = 35.3147 cu. feet
* 1 ounce (avdp.) = 28.3495 grams
* 1 pound = 0.4536 kilogram
* 1 gram = 0.0353 ounce
* 1 kilogram = 2.2046 pounds
* 1 (short) ton (2000 pounds) = 907.1847 kilograms
Longitude and Time
* 1 second of longitude = 1/15 second of time
* 1 minute of longitude = 4 seconds of time
* 1 degree of longitude = 4 minutes of time
* 15 degrees of longitude = 1 hour
* 360 degrees of longitude = 24 hours
* ?F = 9/5 ?C + 32
* ?C = 5/9 (?F - 32)