Czech measures


					WEIGHTS AND MEASURES The Metric System (used today) length 10 millimetres (mm) = 1 centimetre (cm) = 0.394 inch (in) 100 centimetres = metre (m) = 39.4 inches or 1.094 yards (yd) 1000 metres = 1 kilometre (km) = 0.6214 mile surface 100 square metres (m2) = 1 are (a) = 0.025 acre 100 ares = 1 hectare (ha) = 2.471 acres 100 hectares = 1 square kilometre (km2) = 0.386 square mile weight 10 milligrams (mg) = 1 centigram (cg) = 0.154 grain 100 centigrams = 1 gram (g) = 15.43 grains 1000 grams = 1 kilogram (kg) = 2.205 pounds 1000 kilograms = 1 tonne = 19.688 hundredweight capacity 1000 millilitres (ml) = 1 litre (l) = 1.76 pins (2.1 US pins) 10 litres = 1 decalitre (dl) = 2.2 gallons (2.63 US gallons) The system of measures used by Habsburgs in Bohemia after 1765 length Linie = 0,00219 metre Zoll = 12 Linie = 0,0263 metre Schuh = 12 Zoll = 0,316 metre Elle = 0,777 metre Klafter = 6 Schuh = 1,896 metre Meile = 4000 Klafter = 7,586 kilometres surface Quadratzoll = 0,06938 square metre Quadratschuh = 0,0999 square metre Quadratelle = 0,6037 square metre Quadratklafter = 3,5967 square metres Strich = 2877,3 square metres Morgen / Joch = 5754,6 square metres Quadratmeile = 5,7546 square kilometres weight Quentlein = 4,37500 grams Loth = 4 Quentlein = 17,50 grams Pfund = 32 Loth = 560,06 grams Zentner = 100 Pfund = 56,006 kilograms capacity Seidel = 0,3537 litre Wiener Mass = 1,4147 litre Achtelmetzen = 7,6858 litres Eimer = 56,586 litres Wiener Metzen = 61,487 litres Strich = 93,589 litres