Measurements - length, weight and money.
Table of equivalences.


Equivalences between Imperial and metric measurements.

Length Imperial Metric
  1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches 0.914 m
  39.37 inches = 1.094 yards 1 metre
  1 mile = 1,760 yards 1.609 km
  1 knot = 1 nautical mile = 6,080 feet 1,853.2 m
  1 chain = 22 yards
(distance between wickets on a cricket pitch).
20.12 m
  1 link = 7.92 inches (1/100 of a chain). 20.12 cm
  0.62 miles 1 km
  1 fathom = 6 feet 1.8288 m
Weight Imperial Metric
  1 ton = 2,000 pounds 0.907 metric tons
  1.1 tons 1 tonne
  1 pound 0.453 kgs
  1 ounce 28.35 grams
  2.2046 pounds 1 kg
Money Imperial Decimal currency on conversion in 1966
  1 pound = £1 = 20 shillings $2
  1 shilling = 1s = 1/- = 12 pence 10c
  1 penny = 1d 1c