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  The Commonwealth Forestry Handbook 2001-2005

12.  CONVERSION TABLES FOR FORESTERS 

Abbreviations used in the tables:
ac                    acre                                                   kWh                 kilowatt hour
BTU                  British Thermal Unit                               L                    litre
c                     circumference                                      lb                    pound weight
chn                  chain                                                  m                    metre
cwt                  hundred weight                                    ml                   millilitre
d                     diameter                                             mm                 millimetre
ft                     foot                                                   Mw                  megawatt
gal                   gallon, Imperial                                     Mwh                megawatthour
g                     gramme                                              Mwy                megawatt year
hp                    horse-power                                        oz                   ounce weight
in                     inch                                                   QG                   quarter girth
kca                  kilocalorie                                            sec                  second
kg                    kilogramme                                          t                     tonne
km                   kilometre                                             yd                   yard
kW                   kilowatt

1. LENGTH AND DISTANCE

in

x    2.540

=

miles

x    1.609

=

 

=    0.3937

x   cm

 

=    0.6214

x   km

in c      

x    0.8085

=

yd/ac

x    2.259

=

 

=    1.237

x   cm d

 

=    0.4426

x   m/ha

ft

x    0.3048

=

miles/mile2

x    0.6213

=

 

=    3.281

x   m

 

=    1.610

x   km/km2

ft c

x    9.702

=

m/ha

x    0.10     

=

 

=    0.1031

x   cm d

 

=    10

x   km/km2

yd

x    0.9144

=

ft/sec   

x    1.097

=

 

=    1.094

x   m    

 

=    0.9113

x   km/hr 

chn

x    20.12

=         

m/sec

x    3.60

=

 

=    0.0497

x   m    

 

=    0.2778

x   km/hr

2.  AREA AND SECTION 

in2

x     6.452

=

(ft QG)2/ac

x    0.2922

=

 

=     0.1550

x    cm2

 

=    3.423

x    m2/ha

(in d)2

x     5.067

=

yd2

x    0.8361

=

 

=     0.1974

x    cmsection

 

=    1.196

x    m2

(in c)2

x     0.5134

=

chn2 

x     0.04047

=

 

=     1.948

x    cm2 section

 

=     24.71

x    m2

(in QG)2

x      8.214

=

mile2

x     2.590

=

 

x      0.1217

x    cm2 section

 

=     0.3861

x    km2

ft2 

x      0.09290

=

ac

x     0.4047

=

 

=     10.76

x    m2

 

=     2.471

x    ha

(ft.d)2

x      0.07297

=

arpent

x     0.4209

=

 

=     13.71  

x    m2 section

 

=     2.376

x    ha

(ft c)2    

x      0.007393

=

feddan

x     0.420

 =

 

=     135.3

x    m2 section

 

=     2.380

x    ha

(ft QG)2

x      0.1183

=

donum

x     0.1338

=

 

=      8.454

x    m2 section

 

=     7.475

x    ha

ft 2/ac 

x      0.2296

=

morgen

x     0.8567

=

 

=      4.356

x    m2/ha

 

=     1.167

x    ha

3.  VOLUME AND CAPACITY

in3

x    16.39

=

gal/yd2

x    5.437

=

 

=    0.06102

x   cm3

 

=    0.1839

x   L/m3

ft3

x    0.02832

=

gal/ac

x   11/23

=

 

=    35.32

x   m3

 

=    0.08902

x   L/ha

ft3

x    6.236

=

bushel (UK)

x    36.37

=   L

 

=    0.1604

x   gal

 

=    0.02750

x   L

ft3/ac

x    0.06998

=

bushel (US)

x    35.24

=

 

=    14.29

x   m3/ha

 

=    0.02838

x    L

Hoppus ft

x    1.273

=

barrel (oil)

x    42.0

=

 

=    0.7854

x   ft3 round

 

=    0.02381

x   gall (US)

Hoppus ft

x    0.03605

=

barrel

x    159.0

=

 

=    27.74

x   m3 round