MEASURES OF CAPACITY, DRY AND LIQUID.

The LITRE, the unit of the measures of capacity, dry and liquid, is the

_volume_ of a cubic decimètre.

1 LITRE = as above.

1 DÉCALITRE = 10 litres.

1 HECTOLITRE = 100 "

1 DÉCILITRE = 1/10th of a litre.

1 CENTILITRE = 1/100th "

1 MILLILITRE = 1/1000th "

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