WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

The Metric System
(used today)

length

10 millimetres (mm) = 1 centimetre (cm) = 0.394 inch (in)
100 centimetres = metre (m) = 39.4 inches or 1.094 yards (yd)
1000 metres = 1 kilometre (km) = 0.6214 mile

surface

100 square metres (m2) = 1 are (a) = 0.025 acre
100 ares = 1 hectare (ha) = 2.471 acres
100 hectares = 1 square kilometre (km2) = 0.386 square mile

weight

10 milligrams (mg) = 1 centigram (cg) = 0.154 grain
100 centigrams = 1 gram (g) = 15.43 grains
1000 grams = 1 kilogram (kg) = 2.205 pounds
1000 kilograms = 1 tonne = 19.688 hundredweight

capacity

1000 millilitres (ml) = 1 litre (l) = 1.76 pins (2.1 US pins)
10 litres = 1 decalitre (dl) = 2.2 gallons (2.63 US gallons)

The system of measures used
by Habsburgs in Bohemia after 1765

length

Linie = 0,00219 metre
Zoll = 12 Linie = 0,0263 metre
Schuh = 12 Zoll = 0,316 metre
Elle = 0,777 metre
Klafter = 6 Schuh = 1,896 metre
Meile = 4000 Klafter = 7,586 kilometres

surface

Quadratzoll = 0,06938 square metre
Quadratschuh = 0,0999 square metre
Quadratelle = 0,6037 square metre
Quadratklafter = 3,5967 square metres
Strich = 2877,3 square metres
Morgen / Joch = 5754,6 square metres
Quadratmeile = 5,7546 square kilometres

weight

Quentlein = 4,37500 grams
Loth = 4 Quentlein = 17,50 grams
Pfund = 32 Loth = 560,06 grams
Zentner = 100 Pfund = 56,006 kilograms

capacity

Seidel = 0,3537 litre
Wiener Mass = 1,4147 litre
Achtelmetzen = 7,6858 litres
Eimer = 56,586 litres
Wiener Metzen = 61,487 litres
Strich = 93,589 litres