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Show 1960 CENSUS 100 LARGEST CITIES TROY 4 CLOTH MEASURE 4 nails .... .. .. 1 nail inches quarters eecoeoeooe'sooeseeeeveeseeeoeen CUBIC 1,728 27 cubic cubic 1 quarter 72208808 MEASURE inches 1 cubic foot cubic yard 1 cord (wood) ton (shipping) standard bushel standard gallon 4/5 of a bushel 1 feet 128 cubic feet Ai 2s oe eee te ALES 40 reubic, feet. . Gove weeldtivs 1 2,150.42 cubic inches dies o% 1 1 U.S. 231 cubic inches 1 cubic foot LAs aie iMnasias about DRY MEASURE A pecks .... 1 bushel 86 bushels 1 chaldron 1 peck LIQUID 0 90 09.20 a ghatt MEASURE 4 quarts ... 1 gallon 8114 gallons .1 barrel 1 hogshead LONG MEASURE 12 inches .... 1 foot 40 rods ... 1 furlong S’feet" . a's 5’. 8 furlongs.1 sta. mile 8 miles .. . 1 league 514 yards MARINERS’ eeoevevVeveoeevee 120 fathoms 71%, cable lengths 5,280 6,085 MEASURE 1 square 1 square 1 square Square centimeter inch decimeter 1 square 1 square foot meter e@ yard 1 1 acre are 1 hectare 1 acre mile 1 nautical mile PAPER MEASURE 24 sheet, 1 quire; 20 quires, 1 ream (480 shts.) 2 reams ... 1 bundle 5 bundles .... 1 bale SQUARE 144°'‘sq. in:. /31°sq. ft. 9 sq. ft. ... 1 sa. yd. 3014 sq. yds..1 sq. rd. MEASURE 40 sq. rods .. . 1 rood 4 roods Ms, de 1 acre 640 acres . 1 sq. mile SURVEYOR’S 7.92 inches eseeoeceevoevoeveeeeseeeeeeen Oe eee ot “! of ee ere eT eee yee re e@eecovoevoeeeeveevee eve e'eoecoeaeeoseeeaev ecoevoeceveveeoeree ev eee eeoeooa eeaee eevee & .. 1 eee eeeeoeveeveeeveeeeoe eee eee ee @ 2.47 eeeoeeeeose a | i? +) 1 1 1 ounce @eeeeoovoenee eee hour 28, 29, 30 or 31 days 30 days .... 1 month — 865 days 1 year q ee eee Were 1 1 1 1 rpeonwmeaenerr inches inches eeeaer eseneocecoceenoengceoeoaos eee 28.35 grams 1 O. Ariz. .... Newark, NJ. ...... Louisville, Ky. Portland, Ore. Oakland, Cal. ...... Worth, Tex, = Birmingham, Ala. Okla. City, Okla. Rochester, ee e@eeoevnevseoeenenee spare Ind. Phoenix, meter St. Paul, Minn, ee eeoeooevoeneeo o:a.0.mis tsa 10 ee ee ee Freezes @ & @ Freezes Freezes Freezes Boils at 30° above r 32° above 36° above 20° above © 173° above Fahrenheit Centigrade ......-<eeeessee? 104 at 76+! Temp. = Centigrade deg. 32 + Temp.- Fahrenheit deg. — Honolulu, Miami, Hawaii Fla ° 9/ Rank Civil Rank Rank 1950 Population 1960 Census 1960 1950 Wichita, Kan. .... Richmond, Va. .... Syracuse, N.Y. .. Tucson, Ariz. ...... Des Moines, la. .. Providence, R.I. .. San Jose, Cal, .... Mobile, Ala. ........ Charlotte, N.C. .. Albuquerque, N.M. Jacksonville, Fla. Flint, Mich. ........ Sacramento, Cal. Yonkers, N.Y. .... Salt Lake City, U. Worcester, Mass. Austin, Tex. 2.2.23. Spokane, Wash. .. St. Petersburg, Fla. Gary; indo x.5.....0. Grand Rapids, M. Springfield, Mass. Nashville, Tenn, Corpus Christi, Tex. Youngstown, O. .. Shreveport, La.... Hartford, Conn. .. Ft. Wayne, Ind. .. Bridgeport, Conn. Baton Rouge, La. New Haven, Conn. Savannah, Ga. Tacoma, Wash. .. Jackson, Miss. Paterson, N.J. .... Evansville, Ind. . BPG... sale... Amarillo, Tex. .... Montgomery, Ala. Fresno, Cal. ........ South Bend, Ind. .. ee "Tee ‘pega Boils at 212° abov® 7am 7ere 306, pte Petroleum (average) Boils at 98.4° te anov’ Blood Heat .....ceeeeeeseee? Eggs Hatch . Norfolk, Vo. Omaha, Neb © Freezes 28° above ES NLY. Toledo, O. |... ‘ Fahrenheit 1 Indianapolis, Columbus, — 1 liter ee'eoveoaonevoeeree .... eeee Minn. Long Beach, Cal. TEMPERATURES ... 1 cubit 1 Bible cubit eee Minneapolis, Ft. eee 1 calendar month in computing interest 866 days .. 1 leap yr. 18 ounce kilogram wcicccvcsccesaseets 2.2046 pounds ~ 0.4536 kilogram © Moutid ood 0.06 clec cle sda wa metric ‘ton’ c'00%'. ses oor "¥.1023 English toa 0.9072 metric tone English ton days 6 ener st ones 0.038527 0208089 Colo. Kansas City, Mo. 2 MISCELLANEOUS ecoecve eeoene Denver, Atlanta, Ga. fas) eee .... . San Antonio, Tex. - San Diego, Cal. .. Seattle, Wash. .... Buffalo, N. Y. Cincinnati, O. . Memphis, Tenn. .. 628° eeeeoeoouvueoseoeoeveee O. Dallas, Tex. ...:.... New Orleans, La. Pittsburgh, Pa. .... a Measure of Volume cubic centimeter .........+ 0.061 cubic inch © 16.39 cubic centimeter ~ cubic inch 0.0353 cubic foot ~ cubic decimeter 28.317 cubic decimetersa™ cubic foot ae 1.308 cubic yards cubic meter pt 0.7646 cubic meter ~ cubic yard 0.2759 cord ~ beenihicesnceewetRarennanoo singed Gulia aee 8.624 steres .. 0.908 quart dry—1.0567 quarts liquid Gls os 1.101 liters — quart dry chase pve aeGlse cai quart liquid SEC ES ei ee tek ee Care . 0.9468 literg he 2.6417 gallons—135 pecks dekaliter 0.3785 dekaliter™ dekaliter _ 0.881 2.8375 bushels hektoliter bushel 1 1 2,002,512 San Francisco, Cal. \ Milwaukee, Wis. / Boston, Mass. .... acres 1 square kilometer 1 square mile eoeeoeeeed 1 1 1 1 1 1 2,479,015 Pa. Washington, D.C, St. Louis, Mo. ...... ~~ 0288284680 1 kilogram 1 stere, or cubic meter eoercseveseeereeoee 1 metric ton TIME MEASURE . 1 minute 24 hours minutes 0.83861 square meter 43,560 square feet 100 square meters @ ee se escaoeveceevoeveeveeee0e2e eeoeeoenveee 60 eeeeeoeeeee eeovovovseeveeeveeee eoeceoeveoecevoeveeneeree Cal. Cleveland, 1 kilometer 1 hektoliter MEASURE 10 sq. chains or 160 sq. rods 640 acres 836 sq. miles (6 miles sq.) ia eee ‘eaoeoae?eoae ees ee feet feet 60 seconds eeoeoeveeee Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Detroit, Mich. ...... 1,670,144 Baltimore, Md. .... 939,024 » Houston, Tex. .... 938,219 ) e@eoeooeveet 1 square 1 1 statute . eeeeneee 1 fathom 1 eable length MRAOMIO Mac cid fetes otiidG 1 mile ee New York, N.Y. ..7,781,984 WOrconee iil. ........ 3,550,404 rods Measure 0.1550 square inch 6.452 centimeters 0.1076 square foot 9.2903 square decimeten 1.196 square yards” eroeevoeveeevee Rank 1960 Census 1960 meter 1.9884 WEIGHT Ok OTT io. Sic.n e406 016.0 wianwiere-a:amnnareecorn-e 20 pwt. .... 1 ounce 12 ounces .. Used for weighing gold, silver and jewels 2% 0.9144 . 1 quarter .... 1 cwt 1 short ton Long Ton Civil Population — AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 2711/382grains 1 dram 25 pounds 16 drams ... 1 ounce 4 quarters 16 ounces .. 1 pound 2,000 lbs.. 2.240 DWOUNGS.: uaa 0s 0s sa er ee METRIC EQUIVALENT—Linear Measure 1 centimeter eeceveveveeoeveeeeneer ? BOF Fe & 0.8987 inch baa Coe ae 2.54 centimeters™ 1 inch pra ucgiigtn Coo a ure 3.937 inches — 0.328 foot 1 decimeter 3.048 decimeters 1 foot cine uk cha Ge bs FUSER Ee $39.87 inches — 1.0936 yards AAUWAND APOTHECARIES’ WEIGHT 20 grains .. 1 scruple 8 drams .... 1 ounce 8 scruples ... 1 dram 12 ounces .. 1 pound Ounce and pound same as in Troy Weight COON WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ewees Chattanooga, T. .. Albany, N.Y. ...:.. Lubbock, Tex. Lincoln, Neb. .... “Madison, Wis. .. “Rockford, III. rik Kansas City, Kan. Greensboro, N.C. Topeka, Kan, 254,698 219,958 216,038 212,892 208,982 207,498 204,196 202,779 201,564 201,189 201,030 196,940 191,667 190,634 189,454 186,587 186,545 181,608 181,298 178,320 177,313 174,463 170,874 167,690 166,689 164,372 162,178 161,776 156,748 152,419 152,048 149,245 147,979 144,422 143,663 141,543 138,440 137,969 134,393 133,929 132,445 130,009 129,726 128,691 128,521 126,706 126,706 121,901 119,574 119,484 al Je 33 54 20 56 57 58 59 |