Maße, Gewichte und Temperatur im Englischen – Umrechnungen

1. Längenmaße

• 1 Zoll (inch - in) = 2,54 cm
• 1 Fuß (foot - ft) = 12 Zoll = 30,48 cm
• 1 yard (yd) = 3 Fuß = 91,44 cm
• 1 furlong (fur) = 220 yards = 201,17 m
• 1 Meile (mile - mi) = 1760 yards = 1609,344 m
• 1 league (lea) = 3 miles = 4828,032 m

2. Nautische Maße

• 1 Faden (fathom) = 6 feet = 1,829 m
• 1 cable = 608 feet = 185,31 m
• 1 Seemeile (nautical, sea mile) = 10 cables = 1,852 km
• 1 sea league = 3 Seemeilen = 5,550 km

3. Flüssigkeitsmaße (UK)

• 1 gill = 0,142 l
• 1 pint (pt) = 4 gills = 0,568 l
• 1 quart (qt) = 2 pints = 1,136 l
• 1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts = 4,564 l
• 1 barrel = 35 gallons = 159,106 l
• 1 barrel = 36 gallons (Bier) = 163,656 l

4. Flüssigkeitsmaße (US)

• 1 gill 0,118 l
• 1 pint = 4 gills = 0,473 l
• 1 quart = 2 pints = 0,946 l
• 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 3,785 l
• 1 barrel = 42 gallons = 159,106 l

5. Gewichte

• 1 grain (gr) = 0,065 g
• 1 dram (dr) = 27,3438 grains = 1,772 g
• 1 Unze (ounce - oz) = 16 drams = 28,35 g
• 1 Pfund (pound - lb) = 16 Unzen = 453,59 g
• 1 Stein (stone) = 14 Pfund = 6,348 kg
• 1 quarter = 28 Pfund = 12,701 kg
• 1 hundredweight (cwt) = 112 Pfund (Brit) = 50,8 kg = 100 Pfund (US) = 45,36 kg
• 1 ton = 20 cwt (Brit) = 1016 kg = 2000 Pfund (US) = 907,185 kg

6. Temperaturumrechung

Fahrenheit in Celsius umrechnen		Celsius in Fahrenheit umrechnen
Subtrahiere 32 und multipliziere mit 5/9		multipliziere 9/5 und addiere 32
°F	°C	°C	°F
0	-17,8	0	32
50	10	30	86
100	37,7	50	122
200	93,3	100	212

Danke an Klaus.

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