Scientific Measurement

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Title: Scientific measurement

Author: DRA-X-0

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I've come to realize that many people in these lands are stuck using British Imperial measurements, and it is frustrating for me as a technomancer. I hope, with this book, to help spread the scientific measurement system.

Word prefixes:

In scientific, the word prefix denotes a decimal place.

Using the example of metre:

Kilometre - 1000 metres

Metre - 1 metre

Centimetre - 0.01 metres

Millimetre - 0.001 metres

It is designed to be very precise and unambiguous.

Length:

Metres are used to measure length.

Common abbreviations are:

Millimetre - mm

Centimetre - cm

Metre - m

Kilometre - km

1 km = 0.6214 miles.

1 metre = 1.0938 yards.

1 cm = 0.3937 inches.

Area:

1 hectare is 10,000 square metres. It equals 24,711 acres.

Volume:

It is measured in litres. Common abbreviations:

Millilitre - ml

Litre - l

Hectolitre - hl

1 ml = 0.03 fluid oz,

0.17 British tsp

0.2 Sanctan tsp

1 litre = 1.76 British pt

2.11 Sanctan pt

= 0.88 British quarts

1.06 Sanctan quarts

1 L= 0.22 British gallons

0.264 Sanctan gallons

1 hl = 21.997 British gal

Mass:

It is measured in grams.

Common abbreviations:

Gram - g

Kilogram - kg

tonne - t

1 gram = 0.035 ounce

1 kilogram = 2.21 pounds

1 tonne = 0.98 British ton,

1.10 Sanctan ton

Temperature:

Celsius is based on the temperature of water.

0 = water's freezing point.

100 = water's boiling point.

In Fahrenheit, freezing is 32 degrees and boiling is 212 degrees.

For context, average room temperature is 20 Celsius, 68 Fahrenheit.

The average human body temperature is 37 Celsius, and 98.6 Fahrenheit.

A very hot day may be 40 Celsius, 104 Fahrenheit.