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Conversions
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

The downloads are pdf files so you will need the
free viewer, if you don’t already have it installed.

For Conversions from these Units

Download this file

Abampere, Abcoulomb, Abfarad, Abhenry, Abmho, Acre, angstrom, atmosphere, barrel, bar, btu

CONV1

Bushel, calories, candle, centigrade, centiliter, centimeter, centidyne,centimeters of mercury, centimeters of water, centipoise, centistokes, chain, circular mils, cord, coulomb, cubic feet, cubic centimeter

CONV2

Cubic feet per minute, cubic inches, cubic meters, cubic yards, dalton, day, degree angle, degree celsius, degree farenheit, drams, dyne, ell, em, erg

CONV3

Ergs, farads, faraday, fathom, feet, feet of water, feet per minute, feet per second, foot candle, foot pound, furlong, gallon, gallons per minute

CONV4

Gauss, gilbert, gill, grain, gram, gram calorie, gram centimeter, hand, hectares, hogsheads, horsepower, hours, hundredweights

CONV5

Hundredweights, inches, inches of mercury, inches of water, international ampere, international volt, joule, joule per centimeter, kelvin, kilogram, kilogram calorie, kilogram meter

CONV6 and CONV6a

Kilogram meter, kilometer, kilowatt, knot, league, light year, lines per square centimeter, lines per square inch, liter, maxwell, megalines, megohm, meter

CONV7

Meter, micron, mile, mil, milliers, millibar, millimicrons, mils, miners inches, minims, minutes of angle, myriagrams, myriameters, myriawatts

CONV8

Neper, newton, ohm, ounce, parsec, part per million, pascal, peck, pennyweight, pints, planck’s quantum, poise, pound

CONV9

Pounds, pound feet, quadrant angle, quart, radian, revolutions rod

CONV10

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

CONV11

Ton short, volt, watt, watt hour, weber, weber per square inch, weber per square meter, yard.

CONV12

Fraction to Decimal Conversion Table (Short) halves, quarters, eighths, sixteenths, thirty seconds and sixty fourths

FRACTION / DECIMAL TABLE 64

Fraction to Decimal Conversion Table (Long) same as our short version but includes one-hundred twenty eighths and two-hundred fifty sixths

FRACTION / DECIMAL TABLE 256

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

Around the House

1 Teaspoon = 5 Milliliters (ml.)

1 pound = 0.45 Kilograms (kg.)

1 Tablespoon = 3 Teaspoons

1 inch = 2.54 Centimeters (cm.)

1 Cup = 250 Milliliters (ml.)

1 foot = 30.5 Centimeters (cm.)

1 Cup = 16 Tablespoons

1 yard = 36 Inches = 91.4 Centimeters

1 Cup Liquid = 8 Fluid ounces

1 meter = 39.37 Inches = 100 Centimeters (cm.)

1 Pint Liquid = 2 Cups Liquid = 16 ounces

1 Mile = 1.609 Kilometers = 5280 Feet

1 Quart = 4 Cups = 2 Pints = 32 ounces

Very Slow Oven = 250 to 275 degrees F.

1 Quart = 946.4 Milliliters (ml.)

Slow Oven = 300 to 325 degrees F.

1 Liter = 1000 Milliliters = 1.06 Quarts

Moderate Oven = 350 to 375 degrees F.

1 Gallon = 4 Quarts = 128 ounces

Hot Oven = 400 to 425 degrees F.

1 Peck = 8 Quarts

Very Hot Oven = 450 to 475 degrees F.

1 Bushel = 4 Pecks

275 degrees F. = 135 degrees C.

1 No. 300 Can = 1 ¾ Cups

350 degrees F. = 175 degrees C.

1 No. 303 Can = 2 Cups

500 degrees F. = 260 degrees C.

1 No. 2 Can = 2 ½ Cups

 


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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