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GENERAL INFORMATION, CONVERSION TABLES, AND MATHEMATICS 2.37<br />

TABLE 2.7<br />

Conversion Fac<strong>to</strong>rs (Continued)<br />

Toconvert In<strong>to</strong> Multiply by<br />

Bushel (British) bushel (U.S.) 1.032 057<br />

cubic foot 1.284 35<br />

gallon (British)* 8<br />

gallon (U.S.) 9.607 60<br />

liter 36.3687<br />

Bushel (U.S.) barrel (U.S., dry) 0.304 765<br />

bushel (British) 0.968 939<br />

cubic foot 1.244 456<br />

cubic meter 0.035 239 07<br />

gallon (British) 7.751 51<br />

gallon (U.S.) 9.309 18<br />

liter 35.239 07<br />

peck (U.S.)* 4<br />

pint (U.S., dry)* 64<br />

Cable length (international) foot 607.611 55<br />

meter* 185.2<br />

mile (nautical)* 0.1<br />

Cable length (U.S. or British) foot* 720<br />

meter 219.456<br />

mile (nautical) 0.118 407<br />

mile (statute) 0.136 364<br />

Caliber inch* 0.01<br />

millimeter* 0.254<br />

Calorie Btu 0.003 968 320<br />

foot-pound 3.088 03<br />

foot-poundal 99.3543<br />

horsepower-hour (British)<br />

1.559 61 10 6<br />

joule* 4.184<br />

kilowatt-hour<br />

1.163 10 6<br />

liter-atmosphere 0.041 320 5<br />

Calorie (15C) joule 4.1858<br />

Calorie (international) joule 4.1868<br />

Calorie per minute foot-pound per second 0.051 467 1<br />

horsepower (British)<br />

9.357 65 10 5<br />

watt* 0.069 78<br />

Candela Hefner unit 1.11<br />

lumen per steradian* 1<br />

Candela per square centimeter candela per square foot* 929.0304<br />

candela per square meter* 10 4<br />

lambert<br />

3.141 593; ()<br />

Carat (metric) gram* 0.2<br />

Celsius temperature Fahrenheit temperature (9/5)C 32<br />

kelvin C 273.15<br />

Centigrade heat unit or chu Btu* 1.8<br />

calorie 453.592<br />

joule 1899.10<br />

Centimeter foot 0.032 808 4<br />

inch 0.393 700 8<br />

mil 393.700 8<br />

Centimeter of mercury (0C) pascal 1333.22<br />

Centimeter of water (4C) pascal 98.063 8<br />

Centimeter per second foot per minute 1.986 50<br />

kilometer per hour* 0.036

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