. The road-master's assistant and section-master's guide: . ns, grains, or i5i grs., nearly. 258 THE ROAD-MASTERS ASSISTANT. Decagramme 10 grammes, = pound, cr -A- 100 ** = pound, or i lb , nearl\\Kilogramme 1,000 * == pound, or 2t lbs., 10,000 * = pounds, or 22-2-0 lbs., * -= pounds, or 220j lbs., , or tonne. 1,000,000 * = 2, pounds, or i ton of 2,240 lbs., nearly. \ kilo., = ifu pounds, U. S. ounce, = ■ pound, «= 453 602 I ton of 2,240 lbs., s
. The road-master's assistant and section-master's guide: . ns, grains, or i5i grs., nearly. 258 THE ROAD-MASTERS ASSISTANT. Decagramme 10 grammes, = pound, cr -A- 100 ** = pound, or i lb , nearl\\Kilogramme 1,000 * == pound, or 2t lbs., 10,000 * = pounds, or 22-2-0 lbs., * -= pounds, or 220j lbs., , or tonne. 1,000,000 * = 2, pounds, or i ton of 2,240 lbs., nearly. \ kilo., = ifu pounds, U. S. ounce, = ■ pound, «= 453 602 I ton of 2,240 lbs., s= * of 2,000 *• = * Note.—I have here appended an abstract of the metricalsystem for the convenience of those v/ho may have occasionto refer to it, but I must dissent from the attempt to introducea new and equally arbitrary unit in place of our long-estab-lished foot. I do not, therefore, recommend the metric sys-tem by this presentation, but think that our own foot, deci-mally divided, is superior.—C. L. TRACK EQUIPMENT, 259. STEEL RAIL FROG,
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