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Units of weight
- 1 milligram = 0.015 grain
- 1 gram = 15.43 grains = 0.035 ounces
- 1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds
- 1 grain = 64.8 mg
- 1 dram = 1.772 g
- 1 ounce = 28.35 g
- 1 pound = 0.4356 kg
Units of capacity
- 1 millitre = 0.00176 pint
- 1 litre = 1000 ml = 1.76 pint = 0.22 UK gallon
- 1 fluid ounce = 28.41 cubic sm
- 1 pint = 0.5683 litre
- 1 quart = 2 pints = 1.137 litre
- 1 (UK) gallon = 4 quaters = 4.546 litre
- 1 (US) gallon = 231 cubic inches = 3.785 litre
- 1 bushel = 8 gallons = 36.369 litre
- 1 TBSP ( tablespoon ) in America is usually little larger
than in Russia
- 1 tsp ( teaspoon; tsps = teaspoons ) looks the same
in Russia and America
- A cup, in Russia, usually means a 250 ml
(0.44 pint) glass
Temperature
- Fahrenheit = (9/5) * C + 32
- Celsius = (5/9) * ( F - 32 )
Units of length
- 1 millimetre = 0.03937 inch
- 1 sentimetre = 10 mm = 0.3937 inch
- 1 decimetre = 10 cm = 3.937 inches
- 1 metre = 39.37 inches
- 1 kilometre = 1000 m = 1094 yards = 0.6214 mile
- 1 inch = 2.539 mm
- 1 foot = 0.304 m = 30.4 mm
- 1 yard = 0.914 m = 91.4 mm
- 1 mile = 1.60932 km
- 1 foot = 12 inches
- 1 yard = 3 feet
- 1 rode, pole, or perch = 5.5 yards
- 1 chain = 22 yards
- 1 furlong = 10 chains
- 1 mile = 8 furlongs
- 1 nautical mile = 6076.12 feet
Abbreviations used in recipes
- inch = in. or "
- foot = ft. or '
- yard = yd.
- cup = C
- ounce = oz.
- pound = lb. or #
- quart = qt.
- pint = pt.
- teaspoon = tsp. or t
- tablespoon = TBSP or T
- degrees = deg.
- Fahrenheit = F
- Celsius = C
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