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"We may therefore without danger of material error, confider the inch ufed by moil ofthe German chemifts (unlefs otherwife fpecified) as that which, when cubed, contains 290Nuremburg grains of water, and as having the following proportions with the Englifh.

Germ.feet or

inches .

Eng. feet or inches.

Germ. cub.

inch*

T. cub. inch.

X.

—

1.0328

1

—

I. 1017

2.

2.0656

2

—

2.2034

3

3.0984

3

“

3-3°5i

4

—

4.1312

4

'

4.4068

5

ziz

5.1640

5

~~~

5-5085

0

zsz

6.1969

6

6.6102

7

—

7.2297

7

7 - 7 II 9

8

8.2625

8

—

8.8136

9

9-2953

9

=

9.9*53

When 1 German cubic inch weighs or contains 1 Nuremburg grain j 1 cubic inch Englilhweighs or contains .8707 Troy grain.