Concise Type E

Weights and Measures
Conversion Tables

Concise type-E Click on image to the left to see full-size image (219 kB)

From the outside inwards the scales are
      D [C CI A K].
The diameter of the
C and D scales is 52 mm, giving them each a length of 163 mm.

There is a set of pull-out tables giving equivalents of imperial, metric and Japanese weights and measures. On the front these are for length (shown partly pulled out) and weight; on the back for areas and volumes.

As an example, it can be easily seen on the full-size image that 25.4 mm = 2.54 cm = 0.0254 m = 0.00003 km = 1 in = 0.08333 ft = 0.2778 yd = 0.00126 chain = 0.00002 mile = 8.38200 bu = 0.83820 sun = 0.08382 shaku = 0.01397 ken = 0.00023 chơ = 0.00001 ri.

This page was last updated on 7 February 2000.

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