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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

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Mou	China	Commonly 806·65 sq. yds. Varies locally. Shanghai = 6600 sq. ft. (Municipal Council). By Customs Treaty =920·417 sq. yds., based on ch’ih of 14·1 inches.
Mud	Netherlands	1 hectolitre
Myriagramme		10 kilogrammes=22·046 ℔ av.
Ngoma	East Africa	71/2 keilas.
Nin	Siam	10/12 inch
Obolos	Greece	1 decigramme.
Ock	Turkey	Legal ock (1881) = 100 drachmas. New batman = 10 ocks, and kantar = 10 batmans ock = 1 kilogramme.
Octavillo	Spain	0·29 litre.
Oitavo	Portugal	1·730 litre.
Oke	Bulgaria	1·28 litre (for liquids).
		1·282 kilogramme (old.)
	Cyprus	24/5 ℔ av. = 400 drams (Cyprus)
	Egypt	2·751 ℔ av. (Customs). 2·805 ℔ (Alexandria).
	Greece	2·80 ℔ = 1·282 kilogramme. 1·33 litre.
	Turkey	1·1518 pint. 2·834 ℔ av. (old weight).
Onca	Portugal	28·688 grammes.
Once	France	30·59 grammes (old).
Oncia	Rome	436·165 grains.
Onze	Netherlands	1 hectogramme. 10 onzen = pond.
Ounce	U. States	Av. ounce = 437·5 grains
Packen	Russia	1083·382 ℔ av.
Palame (Royal)	Greece	1 decimetre
Palm	Holland	1 decimetre
Palmo	Portugal	0·22 metres, 1/2 Roman cubit
	Spain	8·346 inches
Para	N. Borneo	90 ℔ av.
Parah	Ceylon	5·59 pints
Parasang. See Persakh.
Parmak. See Archin.
Passeree	Bengal	5 seers.
Pé	Portugal	1/3 metre (old).
Pecheus (Royal)	Greece	1 metre = 1·542 old pecheuse.
Pecul	China	1331/3 ℔ av.
Perche	France	22 square pieds de roi.
	Canada	In Quebec 18 French feet.
Persakh or Parasang	Persia	Probably 3·88 miles = 6000 guz
Pfund	Germany	= 16 unzen = 32 loth (old weight)
		1·01 to 1·23 ℔ av. (old weight)
		Zoll. pfund (1872) = 500 grammes
	Prussia	Old zoll. ℔ = 1·1023 ℔ av.
	Switzerland	500 grammes = 16 unze.
		Apoth. pf. = 375 grammes.
	Vienna	pfund = 500·06 grammes Zoll. pfund (1871) = 500 grammes
Pharoagh. See Archin.
Pic	Cyprus	2 feet.
Picul	Japan	${\Bigg \}}$ 1331/3 ℔ av.
	Straits Settlements,
	Hong Kong
	North Borneo	A measure of 180℔ weight water.
Picki	Greece	0·648 metres.
	China	25 gallons (dry measure.)
Pie	Rome	11·73 inches.
Pie de Burgos	Spain	11·13 inches.
Pied	Belgium	11·81 inches = 10 pouces.
	Canada	12·79 inches.
Pied de Roi	Paris	0·3248 metres.
Pike.................Turkey.................See Dir’aa. Pint.................U. States..............0·8325 imperial pint. Pinte................France.................0·931 litre Pipa.................Portugal...............534 litres (Oporto) 424 litres (Lisbon) 500 litres (officially) Pipe.................Gibraltar.............105 to 126 gallons Pishi. See Keila. Poide de Marc......France.................0·2448 kilo = 8 onces. Polegada............Portugal...............27·77 millimeters. Pond.................Netherlands............1 kg. Apothecaries pond = 375 grammes. Pot..................Denmark................1·7 pint = 4 paegle. ⁠Switzerland............2·64 pints or 1·5 litre ⁠Belgium................1·5 litre (dry). 1/2 litre (liquid) ⁠Norway.................0·965 litre. Pouce................France.................1·066 inch (old measure).⁠Russia.................1 inch Pound................U. States..............Standard troy ℔ = 5760 grains Avoir. ℔ = 7000 grains ⁠Russia................0·90282 ℔ av. (0·4095 kg.) ⁠Jersey.................7561 grains = 16 oz. Jersey = 1 livre. Pu...................China..................70·5 inches = 5 Ch’ih. Puddee...............Madras.................2·89 pints. 100 cubic inches = Government puddee. Pulgada..............Spain..................0·927 inch. Pund.................Denmark................1·1023 ℔ av., or 500 grammes. ⁠Norway.................0·4981 kilogrammes. ⁠Sweden.................6560 grains. Varies locally. 5500·5 grains (apoth.). Quart................U. States..............See Bushel. Quarto...............Rome...................2·024 bushels. ⁠Portugal...............3·46 litres. Quintal..............Spain..................100 libras (Castilian) = 101·4 ℔ ⁠Portugal...............58·752 kgs or 129·5 ℔ av. ⁠Argentina..............100 libras or 101·27 ℔ av. Quintal (metric).....France.................100 kgs = 1·968 cwt. Quintale.............Italy..................1 metric Quintal Ratle................Persia.................1·014 ℔ av. Rattel, or Rottle....Arabia.................1·02 ℔ av., nearly (dry measure.) 17·219 ℔ av. weight. Ri...................Japan..................2·440 miles (itinerary) 2·118 miles (natural). Rode.................Denmark................3·627 metres. Roede................Netherlands............1 dekametre. Rotl, or Rottolo.....Egypt..................0·9905 ℔ av. 0·9805 ℔ av. (Customs Govt.) ⁠Cairo..................2·206 ℔ great rottolo 0·715 ℔ less rottolo. ⁠Alexandria.............2·124 ℔ great rottolo. Rottolo mina ＝5/8 oka. Rottol...............Turkey.................2·513 pints (old measure.) Rubbio...............Spain..................1·012 quarter (dry measure.) Sagene...............Russia.................7 feet. Scheffel.............Germany................50 litres, formerly 14·56 metzen (Prussia). Schepel..............Netherlands............1 decalitre Schoppen.............Germany................1/2 litre, formerly 0·11 gallon. Switzerland............0·375 litre. Se...................Japan..................118·615 square yards (.9918 are). Seer.................India..................Government seer =22/35 ℔ av. ⁠Bengal, 80 tolas weight of rice (heaped measure), about 60 cubic inches (struck measure). ⁠Southern India = weight of 24 current rupees. ⁠Madras, 25 ℔ nearly. Juggerat, weight of 40 local rupees. ⁠Bombay, old seer, about 28 ℔. ⁠Ceylon.................Measure of 1·86 pint. ⁠Persia.................16 miscals, or 1136 grains weight (Sihr). ⁠Note.—In India the seer, like the maund, varies considerably; usually 40 seers go to a maund. Seidel...............Austria................0·6224 pint. Sen..................Siam...................44·4 miles, nearly. Ser..................India..................1 litre (Indian Law, 1871). Shaku................Japan..................0·30 metre, also 9·18273 square decimetres; also 18·039 cubic centimetres. Sheng................China..................1·813 pint. Shih.................China..................160 ℔ China Shoo.................Japan..................1·804 litre. Skaal-pund ..........Sweden.................435·076 grammes or 0·959 ℔ av. ⁠Norway.................0·4981 kgs, or officially 0·5 kgs. Skeppe...............Denmark................17·39 litres. Skjeppe..............Norway.................17·37 litres. Stab.................Germany................1 metre, or 31/3 old fuss, but varied. Stadron (Royal)......Greece.................1 kilometre. Stere (metric)..............................1 cubic metre. Stero................Italy..................1 metric stere. Streepe..............Holland................1 millimetre Stremma..............Greece.................1 metric are, 238·1 square pechens (Constantinople.) Strich...............Germany................1 millimetre. Striche..............Switzerland............31/3 striche = 1 millimetre. Stunde...............Germany................Old itinerary measure, 2·3 to 3·4 miles.

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