Conversions & Standards

Telephone:
• On Hook: 5 volts
• Talking: 48 volts
• Ringing: 90 volts

• 1013 millibars = 29.92-29.93 inces of mercury
• C = (5 x (F - 32)) / 9
• F = ((9 x C) / 5) + 32

• 1 fl oz = 29.57 ml
• 1 fl oz = 29.57 cc
• 1 pt = 0.473 ml
• 1 fl qt = 0.9464 L
• 1 gal = 3.785 L
• 1 ml = 0.034 fl oz
• 1 l = 2.11 pt
• 1 l = 1.05 qt
• 1 l = 0.26 gal
  
• 1 dry qt = 1.101 L
• 1 bushel = 35.24 cubic decimeters
• 1 cubic inch = 16.39 cubic centimeters
• 1cubic foot = 28.32 cubic decimeters
• 1 cubic yard = 0.7646 cubic meter

• 1 oz APOTHECARY = 31.1035 grams = 480 grains
• 1 oz AVOIR = 28.35 grams = 437.5 grains
• 1 lb AVOIR = 453.59 grams = 7000 grains
• 1 lb AVOIR = 0.45 kg
• 1 cwt (carrot weight) = 50.8 kg
• 1 grain = 64.8 milligrams
• 1 gram = 15.432 grains = 1000 milligrams
• 1 gram = 0.04 oz
• 1 kg = 2.2 lbs
• 1 kg = 0.02 cwt
• 1 Ton Short = 0.907 t (tonne, metric ton)

• 1 Nautical Mile = 6076 feet = 1.15 Statute Mile
• 1 Statute Mile = 5280 feet = 0.87 Nautical Mile
• 1 in = 2.54 cm
• 1 ft = 0.3048 Meter
• 1 yd = 0.9144 m
• 1 mile = 1.609 km
• 1 mile = 63,630 inches
• 1 mm = 0.04 inch
• 1 cm = 0.39 inch
• 1 m = 3.28 feet
• 1 km = 0.62 mile

• 1 sq inch = 6.452 sq cm
• 1 sq foot = 92.9 sq cm
• 1 sq yard = 0.836 sq m
• 1 sq yard = 9 sq ft
• 1 acre = 43,650 sq ft
• 1 acre = 0.4047 hectare
• 1 sq mile = 2.59 sq km

• 4.45 Newtons = 1 pound (Newton-Second)

• Escape Velocity = 24000 mph
• Speed of Light = 186,211 feet/sec.

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