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Measures & Weights
5280 feet = 1 (statute) mile = 1609.3 meters
43560 square feet = 1 acre
640 acres = 1 square mile
1 nautical mile = 1.852 kilometers
1 nautical mile = 1.1508 statute miles*
60 nautical miles = 1 degree**
3 tsp = 1 Tbsp = 15 milliliters (ml)
16 Tbsp = 1 cup = 237 milliliters (ml)
2 cups = 1 pint = 474 milliliters (ml)
2 pints = 1 quart = 947 milliliters (ml)
4 quarts= 1 gallon=3788 milliliters (ml)
1 ounce = 31.1035 grams
1 fluid ounce (fl oz) = 2 Tbsp
8 fluid ounces (fl oz) = 1 cup
128 fluid ounces (fl oz) = 1 gallon
1 metric ton = 2204.6 pounds
1 barrel = 42 U.S. gallons (oil)
1 barrel = 31 U.S. gallons (beer)
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* The length of a minute of longitude at the equator
** 1 degree of the great circle of the earth
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