Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1879 — The Metric or Decimal System. [ARTICLE]

The Metric or Decimal System.

The following simple tablo gives all that there is in the metric or decimal system of weights and measures: MONEY. 10 mills make a cent. lo cents make a dime. 10 dimes make a dollar. > 10 dollars make an eagle. . ‘ LENGTH. 10 milli-meten make a centimeter. 10 centi-n.eters make a decimeter. 10 deci-metcrs make a meter. 10 * meters make a decameter. 10 decA-messrs make a hectometer. 10 hccio-metlers make a kilometer. 10 kilo-meters make a my name ter. WEIGHT. 10 milli-grainmes make a centigramme. 10 eenti-gminme# make a decigramme. 10 deoi-grammes make a gramme. 10 t iirammes make a decagramme. 10 deca-grammes make a hectogramme. 10 hecto-grammes make a kilogramme. 10 kilo-grammes make a myriagramme. CAPACITY. 10 mil H-liters make a centiliter. 10 centi-liters make a deciliter. 10 drc'i-litera make a liter. 10 i liters make a decaliter. 10 deca-liters make a hectoliter. The*’'square and cubic measures are nothing more than the squares and cubes of tho measure of length. (Thus, a square and a cubic millimeter are the square and the cube of which one side is a millimeter’in length.) The are and stero names,for the square dekametcr and the cubic mdtor. — Boston Transcript. * A meter is equal to 89.560 American inches, t A gramme is equal to 15.130 grains troy or avoirdupois. ' v $ A liter is equal to 2,110 American pints. ■<, A man rusty beard that ran down to a peak, and a rusty hat that rap up to a peak, boarded a western train the other day, took the seat near the stove, and fell into a gentle slumber. In a few 'minutes a brakeman opened a door and shouted, “ Queens!”. The slumb'ering 'passenger slightly shifted“liis position, ana muttered, “ The pot’s yotmr, l staid ia on jacks!” (Tt. T. -***“ ' It must be good, for everybody recommends It, and the doctors prescribe it. We meau Dr. Bqjl’s Cough Syrup. Price 85 cents.