Chapter CCCI. *to authorize the Use of the Metric System of Weights and Measures.* July 28, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That from and after the passageUse of weights and measures of the metric system authorized. of this a
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CHAP. CCCI.— An Act *to authorize the Use of the Metric System of Weights and Measures.* July 28, 1866. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That from and after the passageUse of weights and measures of the metric system authorized. of this act it shall be lawful throughout the United States of America to employ the weights and measures of the metric system; and no contract of dealing, or pleading in any court, shall be deemed invalid or liable to objection because the weights or measures expressed or referred to therein are weights or measures of the metric system.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the tables in the schedule heretoTables of equivalents. annexed shall be recognized in the construction of contracts, and in all legal proceedings, as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the metric system; and said tables may be lawfully used for computing, determining, and expressing in customary weights and measures the weights and measures of the metric system. 340 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 301. 1866. Measures of length; MEASURES OF LENGTH. metric denominations and values. equivalents in denominations in use. Myriameter 10,000 meters. 6 2137 miles. Kilometer 1,000 meters. 0.62137 miles, or 3280 feet and ten inches. Hectometer 100 meters. 328 feet and 1 inch. Dekameter 10 meters. 393.7 inches. Meter 1 meter. 39.37 inches. Decimeter 1/10 of a meter. 3.937 inches. Centimeter 1/100 of a meter. 0.3937 inches. Millimeter 1/1000 of a meter. 0.0394 inches. of surface;
MEASURES OF SURFACE. metric denominations and values. equivalents in denominations in use. Hectare 10,000 square meters. 2.471 acres. Are 100 square meters. 119.6 square yards. Centare 100 square meters. 1550 square inches. of capacity. MEASURES OF CAPACITY. METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES. EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE. Names. Number of liters. Cubic measure. Dry measure. Liquid or wine measure. Kiloliter, or stere 1,000 1 cubic meter 1.308 cubic yards 264.17 gallons. Hectoliter 100 1/10 of a cubic meter 2 bushels and 3.35 pecks 26.417 gallons.
Dekaliter 10 10 cubic decimeters 9.08 quarts 2.6417 gallons. Liter 1 1 cubic decimeter 0.908 quarts 1 0567 quarts. Deciliter 1/10 1/10 of a cubic decimeter 6.1022 cubic inches 0.845 gills. Centiliter 1/100 10 cubic centimeters 0 6102 cubic inches 0 338 fluid ounces. Milliliter 1/1000 1 cubic centimeter 0.061 cubic inches 0.27 fluid drams. Weighs. WEIGHTS. METRIC DENOMINATIONS AND VALUES. EQUIVALENTS IN DENOMINATIONS IN USE. Names. Number of grams. Weight of what quantity of water at maximum density.
Avoirdupois weight. Millier or Tonneau 1,000,000 1 cubic meter 2204.6 pounds. Quintal 100,000 1 hectoliter 220.46 pounds. Myriagram 10,000 10 liters 22.046 pounds. Kilogram or kilo 1,000 1 liter 2 2046 pounds. Hectogram 100 1 deciliter 3.5274 ounces. Dekagram 10 10 cubic centimeters 0.3527 ounces. Gram 1 1 cubic centimeter 15.432 grains. Decigram 1/10 1/10 of a cubic centimeter 1.5432 grains. Centigram 1/100 10 cubic millimeters 0.1543 grains. Milligram 1/1000 1 cubic millimeters 0.0154 grains.
Approved, July 28, 1866.