1 FRANC = 100 centimes.
A franc = 5 grammes (4.5 silver, and .5 alloy).
1 DÉCIME = 10 centimes.
1 SOU = 5 "
* * * * *
FRENCH LINEAL MEASURES, &c. = BRITISH.
_French_. | _British_.
LINEAL. |
MILLIMÈTRE | 0.0394 inch.
CENTIMÈTRE | 0.3937 " or less than half an inch.
DÉCIMÈTRE | 3.937 inches nearly 4 inches.
MÈTRE | 39.3708 " about 3 feet 3 inches.
HECTOMÈTRE | 0.0621 mile " 1/16th of a mile.
KILOMÈTRE | 0.6214 " 8 kilomètres = 5 miles.
|
SQUARE. |
CENTIARE | 1.196 square yard or 1-1/5th square yard.
ARE | 3.954 poles 40½ ares = 1 acre.
HECTARE | 2.471 acres nearly 2½ acres.
BRITISH LINEAL MEASURES, &c. = FRENCH.
_British_. _French_.
LINEAL. |
INCH | 25.399 millimètres.
FOOT | 30.479 centimètres.
YARD | 0.914 mètre.
CHAIN [22 yards] | 20.116 mètres.
FURLONG [10 chains] | 201.164 "
MILE | 1.609 kilomètre. 5 miles = 8 kilomètres,
| nearly.
|
SQUARE. |
SQUARE FOOT | 9.29 square décimètres.
ACRE | 0.405 hectare or about 40 ares.
SQUARE MILE | 2.599 square kilomètres 100 square miles =
260 sq. kilomètres.
* * * * *