CONVERSION CHARTS & FORMULAS

TO CONVERT TO MULTIPLY BY TO CONVERT TO MULTIPLY BY

Inches Feet 0.0833 Inches of Water Ounces per Sq. Inch 0.5
Feet Inches 12 Inches of Water Pounds per Sq. Foot 5.2
Feet Yards 0.3333 Inches of Mercury Inches of Water 13
Yards Feet 3 Inches of Mercury Feet of WAter 1.1
Square Inches Square Feet 0.00694 Inches of Mercury Pounds per Sq. Inch 0.4
Square Feet Square Inches 144 Ounces per Sq. Inch Inches of Mercury 0.1
Square Yards Square Feet 9 Ounces per Sq. Inch Inches of Water 1.7
Cubic Inches Cubic Feet 0.00058 Pounds per Sq. Inch Inches of Water 27
Cubic Feet Cubic Inches 1728 Pounds per Sq. Inch Feet of Water 2.3
Cubic Feet Cubic Yards 0.03703 Pounds per Sq. Inch Inches of Mercury 2.0
CUbic Yards Cubic Feet 27 Pounds per Sq. Inch Atmospheres 0.0
Cubic Inches Gallons 0.00433 Feet of Water Pounds per Sq. Inch 0.4
Cubic Feet Gallons 7.48 Feet of WAter Pounds per Sq. Foot 62
Gallons Cubic Inches 231 Feet of Water Inches of Mercury 0.8
Gallons Cubic Feet 0.1337 Atmospheres Pounds per Sq. Inch 14
Gallons Pounds of Water 8.33 Atmospheres Inches of Mercury 29
Pounds of Water Gallons 0.12004 Atmospheres Feet of Water 34
Ounces Pounds 0.0625 Long Tons Pounds 224
Pounds Ounces 16 Short Tons Pounds 200
Inches of Water Pounds per Sq. Inch 0.0361 Short Tons Long Tons 0.89
Inches Millimeters 25.4 Sq. Miles Sq. Kilometers 2.590
Millimeters Inches 0.3937 Sq. Kilometers Sq. Miles .3861
Feet Meters .3048 Cubic Inches Cubic Millimeters 1639
Meters Feet 3.281 cubic Millimeters Cubic Inches .000061
Yards Meters .9144 Cubic Inches Cubic Centimeters 16.39
Meters Yards 1.094 Cubic Centimeters Cubic Inches .06102
Miles Kilometers 1.609 Cubic Feet Cubic Meters .0283
Kilometers Miles .6214 Cubic Meters CUbic Feet 35.31
Sq. Inches Sq. Centimeters 6.452 Cubic Yards Cubic Meters .7646
Sq. Centimeters Sq. Inches .1550 Cubic Meters Cubic Yards 1.308
Sq. Feet Sq. Meters .0929 Grams Centigrams 6.48
Sq. Meters Sq. Feet 10.76 Centigrams Grams .1543
Sq. Meters Sq. Yards 1.196 Ounces Grams 31.103
Acres Hectares .4047 Grams Ounces .03527
Hectares Acres 2.471 Pounds Kilograms .4536
Acres Sq. Kilometers .004047 Kilograms Pounds 2.2046
Sq. Kilometers Acres 247.1 Tons(2000#) Metric Tons .9078
Inches of Water Inches of Mercury 0.0 Metric Tons Tons (2000#) 1.1023

METRIC UNIT METERS INCHES FEET YARDS MILES METRIC UNIT STERE CU. INCHES CU.FEET CU. YARDS
Millimeter (mm) .001 -- -- -- -- Cu Millimeter .000000001 -- -- --
Centimeter (cm) .01 .3937 -- -- -- Cu. Centimeter .000001 .06102 -- --
DEcimeter (dm) .1 3.937 .3281 .1094 -- Cu. Decimeter .001 61.023 -- --
Meter (m) 1 39.37 3.281 1.094 -- Desistere (ds) .1 6102.3 3.531 .1308
Decameter (dkm 10 393.7 32.81 10.94 -- Stere (s) 1 61023 35.31 1.308
Hectometer (hm) 100 3937 328.1 109.4 -- Cu. Meter 1 61023 35.31 1.308
KiloMeter (km) 1000 -- 3281 1094 .6214 Decastere (dks) 10 -- 352.1 13.08

METRIC UNIT CENTARES SQ. INCHES SQ FEET SQ. YARDS ACRES METRIC UNIT GRAMS GRAINS OUNCES POUNDS
Sq. Millimeter .000001 -- -- -- -- Milligram (mg) .001 .01543 -- --
Sq. Centimeter .0001 .1550 -- -- -- Centigram (cg) .01 .1543 -- --
Sq. Decemeter .01 15.50 .1076 -- -- Decigram (dg) .1 1.543 -- --
Centare (ca) 1 1550 10.76 1.196 -- Gram 1 15.43 .03527 --
Sq. Meter 1 1550 10.76 1.196 -- Decagram (dkg) 10 154.3 .3527 --
Are (a) 100 -- 1076 119.6 -- Hectogram (hg) 100 1543 3.527 .22046
Hectare (ha) 10,000 -- -- -- 2.471 Kilogram (kg) 1000 -- 35.27 2.2046
Sq. Kilometer 1,000,000 -- -- -- 247.1 Quintal (q) 100,000 -- 3527 220.46
Metric Ton 1,000,000 -- -- 2204.6

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 GENERAL INFORMATION
To find circumference of circle, To find cubic inches in a ball,
multiply diameter by 3.1416 multiply cube of diameter by .5236
To find diameter of a circle, To find cubic contents of a cone,
multiply circumference by .31813 multiply area of base by 1/3 the altitude.
To find area of a circle, Surface of frustrum of cone or pyramid equals sum of
multiply square of diameter by .7854 circumference of both ends times 1/2 slant
Area of a rectangle equals length multiplied by breadth. height plus area of both ends.
Doubling the diameter of a circle To find contents of frustrum of cone or pyramid
increases its area four times. multiply area of two ends and get square root.
To find a area of a triangle, Add the two areas and times 1/3 altitude.
multiply base by 1/2 perpendicular height. Doubling the diameter of a pipe increases
Area of elipse equals its capacity four times.
product of both diameters times .7854 A gallon of water (U.S. Standard) weighs 8.33 lbs.
Area of a parallelogram equals base times altitude. and contains 231 cubic inches
To find side of an inscribed square, multiply diameter A cubic foot of water contains 7.50 gallons,
by 0.7071 or multiply circumference 1728 cubic inches, and weighs 62.41 lbs.
by 0.2251 or divide circumference by 4.4428 To find the pressure in pounds per square inch of a col
Side of inscribed cube. umn of water, multiply the height of the column
equals radius of sphere times 1.1547 in feet by .434.
To find side of an equal square, Steam rising from water at its boiling point (212°F) has a
multiply diameter by .8862 pressure equal to the atmosphere (14.7 lbs. to
Square: A side multiplied by 1.4142 equals diameter the square inch).
or its circumscribing circle. A standard horse power: The evaporation of 30 lbs. or
A side multiplied by 4.443 equals the water per hour from a feed water temperature of
circumference of its circumscribing circle. 100°F into steam at 70 lbs. gauge pressure.
A side multiplied by 1.128 equals diameter To find capacity (in U.S. gallons) of tanks any size,
of an equal circle. given dimensions of a cylinder in inches, square
A side multiplied by 3.547 equals the diameter, multiply by the length and by
circumference of and equal circle. .0034
To ascertain heating surface in tubular boilers,
FLOW: multiply 2/3 the circumference of boiler by
1 gal. per min = 0.134 cu. ft. per min. length of boiler in inches and add it to the area
= 500 lb. per hr. x sp. gr. of all the tubes.
500 lb. per hr. = 1 gal per min % sp. gr.
1 cu. ft. per min. =448.8 gal. per hr. TEMPERATURE:
PRESSURE: °C = ( °F-32) x .556
1 lb. per sq. in. = 2.31 ft. water at 60°F. °F = C(1.8) +32
= 2.04 in. hg at 60°F. VOLUME:
1 ft. water at 60°F = 0.4333 lb. per eq. in. 1 gal (U.S.) = 128 fl. oz. (U.S.)
= 0.0884 in. hg at 60°F = 231 cu. in.
1 in. hg at 60°F = 0.49 lb. per eq. in. = 0.833 gal. (Brit.)
= 1.13 ft. water at 60°F 1 cu. ft. = 7.48 gal. (U.S)
1 lb. per sq. in. = lb. per eq. in. gauge MASS:
+14.7 Absolute 1 lb. (avoir) = 16 oz. (avoir)
= 7000 grain
1 ton (short) = 2000 lb.
1 ton (long) = 2240 lb.

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