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The Weights and Measures employed in the present volume are
those of the Metric System. Thus: — A meter = 3-281 Eng. feet. A
kilometer = 0-621 Eng. mile. An hectare = 247 acres. A sq. kilometer
= 0-386 sq. mile. A cubic meter = 35-32 cubic feet. A liter = 0-2201
imp. gallon = 0-2642 winch, gallon. A hectoliter = 22-01 imp. gallons
= 26 42 winch, gallons. A kilogram — 2 204 lbs. A hectogram = 0-2204
lbs. A quintal — 100 kilograms = 220-4 lbs. The ton used is always
the metric ton = 1,000 kilograms = 2,204 lbs. A register ton — 100
Eng. cubic feet.
The Swedish monetary unit is the Krona (plur. Kronor) of 100 ore.
The Swedish Krona is equal to 1-10 shilling or 0 268 dollar. It also
corresponds to 0-667 Dutch Guilder, 1-125 German Mark, 1-32 Austrian
Krone, 1-39 Franc, and 0 52 Russian Rouble.
By Western Europe is invariably meant the Germanic and
Romanic countries of our part of the world, inclusive of Finland. By
Eastern Europe is meant Galicia and Bukowina, Hungary, Russia
(exlusive of Finland), and the Balkan peninsula.
The proportion per cent is marked %, that of per mille °/oo. A
period of many years is indicated by the first and the last year of the
period, separated by an oblique line. The years given after the name
of a person are those of his birth and death. An horizontal line
between two years indicates that these years (financial, school years, etc.)
do not coincide with the calendar year.
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