Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

Units of Measure

Cable length In Verne’s context, 600 feet
 
Centigrade 0° centigrade = freezing water
37° centigrade = human body temperature
100° centigrade = boiling water
 
Fathom 6 feet
 
Gram Roughly 1/28 of an ounce
. . . Milligram Roughly 1/28,000 of an ounce
. . . Kilogram (kilo) Roughly 2.2 pounds
 
Hectare Roughly 2.5 acres
 
Knot 1.15 miles per hour
 
League In Verne’s context, 2.16 miles
 
Liter Roughly 1 quart
 
Meter Roughly 1 yard, 3 inches
. . . Millimeter Roughly 1/25 of an inch
. . . Centimeter Roughly 2/5 of an inch
. . . Decimeter Roughly 4 inches
. . . Kilometer Roughly 6/10 of a mile
. . . Myriameter Roughly 6.2 miles
 
Ton, Metric Roughly 2,200 pounds

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