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 Converting from one unit of measurement to another is tricky sometimes, particularly working back
and forth between English ( inch ) and Metric. We hope this information helps you out. Please check out our CAUTION page before use any of the information. Remember the Mars lander that
burried itself in the surface because someone forgot to convert inch to metric. You really don’t want that to be you.
For allmeasure.com’s basic conversions, CLICK HERE. This free download is a pdf file that
contains:
Basic Metric Length Units (microns, millimeters, kilometers, etc.) Number Prefixes (Mega, Giga, Kilo, Milli, Micro, etc.)
Basic Metric and English Conversions for Length, Area, Volume, Weight, Power, Energy, Angles, Temperature Greek Letters Roman Numerals
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We also have an extensive alphbetic listing of hundreds of conversion factors. Due to their size, they are in several pdf files available for downloading. Fractions and their decimal equivalents are
also available, including halves, quarters, eighths, sixteenths, thirty seconds, sixty fourths, one-hundred twenty eighths and two-hundred fifty sixths
Typical Conversions used Around the House
Free Unit Conversion Shareware
Online Conversion for Currency, Time Zones, Measurement, Material Hardness
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For Conversions from these Units
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Download this file
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Abampere, Abcoulomb, Abfarad, Abhenry, Abmho, Acre, angstrom, atmosphere, barrel, bar, btu
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CONV1
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Bushel, calories, candle, centigrade, centiliter, centimeter, centidyne,centimeters of mercury, centimeters of water,
centipoise, centistokes, chain, circular mils, cord, coulomb, cubic feet, cubic centimeter
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CONV2
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Cubic feet per minute, cubic inches, cubic meters, cubic yards, dalton, day, degree angle, degree celsius, degree farenheit,
drams, dyne, ell, em, erg
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CONV3
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Ergs, farads, faraday, fathom, feet, feet of water, feet per minute, feet per second, foot candle, foot pound, furlong,
gallon, gallons per minute
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CONV4
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Gauss, gilbert, gill, grain, gram, gram calorie, gram centimeter, hand, hectares, hogsheads, horsepower, hours, hundredweights
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CONV5
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Hundredweights, inches, inches of mercury, inches of water, international ampere, international volt, joule, joule per
centimeter, kelvin, kilogram, kilogram calorie, kilogram meter
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CONV6 and CONV6a
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Kilogram meter, kilometer, kilowatt, knot, league, light year, lines per square centimeter, lines per square inch, liter,
maxwell, megalines, megohm, meter
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CONV7
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Meter, micron, mile, mil, milliers, millibar, millimicrons, mils, miners inches, minims, minutes of angle, myriagrams,
myriameters, myriawatts
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CONV8
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Neper, newton, ohm, ounce, parsec, part per million, pascal, peck, pennyweight, pints, planck’s quantum, poise, pound
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CONV9
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Pounds, pound feet, quadrant angle, quart, radian, revolutions rod
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CONV10
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Scruple, second angle, slug, sphere, square centimeter, square feet, square inch, square kilometer, square meter, square mile,
square millimeter, square yard, temperature, ton long, ton short
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CONV11
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Ton short, volt, watt, watt hour, weber, weber per square inch, weber per square meter, yard.
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CONV12
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Fraction to Decimal Conversion Table (Short) halves, quarters, eighths, sixteenths, thirty seconds and sixty fourths
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FRACTION / DECIMAL TABLE 64
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Fraction to Decimal Conversion Table (Long) same as our short version but includes one-hundred twenty eighths and
two-hundred fifty sixths
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FRACTION / DECIMAL TABLE 256
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Here’s a slick piece of shareware to help with the conversion process. Click on the link and you’ll
be asked to either run it, or save it to disk. Find (or make) a directory in your C: drive (where Windows resides) and download it there. Then double click on the zip file and follow the
instructions. You’ll need winzip to open and run the file. If you don’t have it on your machine visit www.winzip.com. Check out the free evaluation version first
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Around the House
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1 Teaspoon = 5 Milliliters (ml.)
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1 pound = 0.45 Kilograms (kg.)
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1 Tablespoon = 3 Teaspoons
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1 inch = 2.54 Centimeters (cm.)
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1 Cup = 250 Milliliters (ml.)
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1 foot = 30.5 Centimeters (cm.)
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1 Cup = 16 Tablespoons
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1 yard = 36 Inches = 91.4 Centimeters
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1 Cup Liquid = 8 Fluid ounces
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1 meter = 39.37 Inches = 100 Centimeters (cm.)
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1 Pint Liquid = 2 Cups Liquid = 16 ounces
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1 Mile = 1.609 Kilometers = 5280 Feet
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1 Quart = 4 Cups = 2 Pints = 32 ounces
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Very Slow Oven = 250 to 275 degrees F.
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1 Quart = 946.4 Milliliters (ml.)
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Slow Oven = 300 to 325 degrees F.
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1 Liter = 1000 Milliliters = 1.06 Quarts
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Moderate Oven = 350 to 375 degrees F.
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1 Gallon = 4 Quarts = 128 ounces
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Hot Oven = 400 to 425 degrees F.
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1 Peck = 8 Quarts
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Very Hot Oven = 450 to 475 degrees F.
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1 Bushel = 4 Pecks
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275 degrees F. = 135 degrees C.
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1 No. 300 Can = 1 ¾ Cups
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350 degrees F. = 175 degrees C.
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1 No. 303 Can = 2 Cups
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500 degrees F. = 260 degrees C.
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1 No. 2 Can = 2 ½ Cups
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For the online enthusiasts, here are some links that may be helpful: Currency Conversions: Time Zone Conversions: Measurement Conversions Material Hardness Conversions
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