COMPARATIVE TABLE OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH MEASURES, EXACT AND APPROXIMATE.
Reading edition
Metric. Inches. Ft. Inch. Approximate.
Millimètre 0·0393708 " ·03937 ·04 or 1⁄25 of inch.
Centimètre 0·393708 " ·39371 4" ⅖ "
Décimètre 3·93708 " 3·9371 4 inches.
Mètre 39·3708 3 3·3708 3⅓ feet.
2 78·7416 6 6·7416 6⅔ "
3 118·1124 9 10·1124 10 "
4 157·4832 13 1·4832 13 "
5 196·8540 16 4·8540 16⅓ "
6 236·2248 19 8·2248 19⅔ "
7 275·5956 22 11·5956 23 "
8 314·9664 26 2·9664 26¼ "
9 354·3372 29 6·3372 29½ "
10 393·7089 32 9·7080 33 "
11 433·0788 36 1·0788 36 (12 yds.)
12 472·4496 39 4·4496 39⅓ feet.
13 511·8204 42 7·8204 42⅔ "
14 551·1912 45 11·1912 46 "
15 590·5620 49 2·5620 49¼ "
16 620·9328 52 5·9328 52½ "
17 669·3036 55 9·3036 55¾ "
18 708·6744 59 0·6744 59 "
19 748·0452 62 4·0452 62⅓ "
20 787·416 65 7·4160 65⅔ "
30 1181·124 98 5·124 98½ "
40 1574·832 131 2·832 131¼ "
50 1968·54 164 0·54 164 "
100 3937·08 328 1·08 328 (109 yds.)
N. B.—The following is a convenient approximate rule:—"To turn Metres into Yards, add 1-11th to the number of Metres."