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Originally published as Home Gardener’s Perennials & Bulbs (978-1-58011-420-2) by Creative Homeowner.
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eISBN 978-1-60765-508-4
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Contents
Metric Conversion
| Length | |
| 1 inch | 25.4 mm |
| 1 foot | 0.3048 m |
| 1 yard | 0.9144 m |
| 1 mile | 1.61 km |
| Area | |
| 1 square inch | 645 mm2 |
| 1 square foot | 0.0929 m2 |
| 1 square yard | 0.8361 m2 |
| 1 acre | 4046.86 m2 |
| 1 square mile | 2.59 km2 |
| Volume | |
| 1 cubic inch | 16.3870 cm3 |
| 1 cubic foot | 0.03 m3 |
| 1 cubic yard | 0.77 m3 |
Common Lumber Equivalents
Sizes: Metric cross sections are so close to their U.S. sizes, as noted below, that for most purposes they may be considered equivalents.
| Dimensional | 1 x 2 | 19 x 38 mm |
| lumber | 1 x 4 | 19 x 89 mm |
| 2 x 2 |
38 x 38 mm
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