Weights and Measurements:
Conversion of English Naval Measurements into French Measurements
Based on the Tables of Mr. Lacroix
The pound avoirdupois. = 453.1 grams. = 8530.683 grains of poids
du marc.
100 pounds avoirdupois. = 92.583681 pounds poids de marc.
= 45.310000 kilograms.
112 pounds avoirdupois. = a quintal of load. = 103.693923 pounds
poids de marc.
2249 pounds avoirdupois. = a ton of load. = 2073.878460 pounds poids
de marc. = 1014.944000 kilograms.
1[French] foot = 0.3248394 meter.
1 [French] inch = 0.2706995 meter.
1 line = 0.00225583 meter.
1 point = 0.00018793 meter.
Note:
Conversion of the English pounds avoirdupois into French pounds poids
de marc, in the the ratio of 100 pounds avoirdupois = 92.653 pounds
poids de marc, and corrected in that of 100 = 92.583861 pounds
poids de marc, given by Mr. Lacroix; a pound avoirdupois =
453.1 grams.
Source:
Gicquel-des-Touches, P.-G. Tables Comparatives des Principles Dimensions
des Batimens de Guerre Français et Anglais de Tous Rangs, de Leur Mature,
Greément, Artillerie, Etc. Paris: Bachelier, 1817.
Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2003
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