Version 1.1            USMETRIC.EXE DOCUMENTATION
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  This program was  written  by  Arild  Jensen  using  Turbo Pascal  7.0  by
  Borland. The program file 'USMETRIC.EXE' is  86,224  bytes  long,  and  is
  dated March 13, 1994, 6:38 PM. 
  

  The following list of files are needed to run USMetric:
		USMETRIC.EXE (THE MAIN PROGRAM)
		USMETRIC.PIF (PIF-FILE TO RUN USMETRIC UNDER WINDOWS)
		USMETRIC.ICO (ICON-FILE TO USE UNDER WINDOWS)
		USMETRIC.TXT (THIS FILE)
		INSTALL.BAT  (INSTALLS THE PROGRAM)




  RUNNING THE PROGRAM

  The main menu consists of five choices. Pressing the ESC-button will  end
  the program. Note that the program alters the ASCII-table, and therefore
  has to be run in full screen.

      LENGTH:
      Here you can do conversions between inches,  feet,  yards,  miles,
      millimeters (mm), centimeters (cm), meters, and  kilometers  (km).
      Note that values expressed in feet  is  also  expressed  with  the
      combination of feet, inches, and fractions (down  to  1/8)  of  an
      inch in parenthesis. Values expressed  in  inches  only  are  also
      expressed in fractions of an inch (down to  1/8)  in  parenthesis.
	Note that you can enter feet in  combination  with  inches,  and
      fractions of an inch. For  instance  "4ft 11-3/4in".  The  program
      reads this, convert it to feet only, and convert it to the unit of
      your choice.

      1 inch = 25.4 mm
      1 foot = 12"
      1 yard = 36" or 3'
      1 mile = 5,280' or 1,760 yd
      1 mm   = 1/1,000 m
      1 cm   = 1/100 m or 10 mm
      1 m    = 1,000 mm or 100 cm
      1 km   = 1,000 m

      AREA:
      Here you can do conversions between square  inches,  square  feet,
      square yards, acres,  square  miles,  square  centimeters,  square
      meters, hectares, and square kilometers.

      1 sq.inch = 6.4515 sq.cm
      1 sq.foot = 144 sq.inches
      1 sq.yard = 9 sq.feet
      1 acre    = 43,560 sq.feet or 4,840 sq.yards
      1 sq.mile = 640 acres
      1 sq.cm   = 1/10,000 sq.m
      1 sq.m    = 10,000 sq.cm
      1 hectare = 10,000 sq.m
      1 sq.km   = 100 hectares

      VOLUME:
      Here you can do conversions  between  cubic  inches,  cubic  feet,
      cubic yards, fluidounces, cups, pints, quarts,  gallons,  bushels,
      cubic  centimeters,  cubic   meters,   milliliters,   centiliters,
      deciliters, liters, and hectoliters. Note that all US measures are
      liquid measure, except for bushel, which is dry measure. Also note
      that one liter is defined as 1,000 cubic centimeters, thereby  one
      milliliter is the same as one  cubic  centimeter,  and  one  cubic
      meter is the same as 1,000 liters. As in LENGTH,  some  units  are
      also displayed in combination with other units, and in  fractions.
      You can also enter pints and  quarts  in  combination  with  fluid
      ounces: "2 pt 6 fl.oz" or "1 qt 21 fl.oz".

      1 cu.inch = 16.387064 cu.cm
      1 cu.foot = 1,728 cu.inches
      1 cu.yard = 27 cu.feet
      1 fl.oz   = 1/128 gallon
      1 cup     = 8 fl.oz or 1/32 gallon
      1 pint    = 16 fl.oz or 1/16 gallon
      1 quart   = 32 fl.oz or 1/4 gallon
      1 gallon  = 231 cubic inches
      1 bushel  = 2,150.42 cubic inches
      1 cu.cm   = 1/1,000,000 cu.m or 1 ml
      1 cu.m    = 1,000,000 cu.cm or 1,000 liters
      1 ml      = 1/1,000 liter
      1 cl      = 10 ml or 1/100 liter
      1 dl      = 100 ml or 1/10 liter
      1 liter   = 1,000 cu.cm or 1,000 ml
      1 hl      = 100 liters

      WEIGHT:
      Here you can do conversions between ounces,  pounds,  short  tons,
      milligrams, grams, kilograms, and metric tons.
	Note that the US weights are Avoirdupois weights  (US standard).
      Troy weights are used for weighing precious  metals,  and  is  not
      the same as then US standard weights.  Pounds  is  also  expressed
      combined with ounces in parenthesis. You can also enter pounds  in
      combination with ounces. For instance '3 lbs 5.9 oz'.
	Note that a US 'short' ton is NOT the same as a metric ton. A US
      ton is approximately 0.91 metric tons. See table below.

      1 ounce  = 1/16 pound
      1 pound  = 0.45359237 kg
      1 sh ton = 2,000 pounds
      1 mg     = 1/1,000 g
      1 g      = 1/1,000 kg or 1,000 mg
      1 kg     = 1,000 g
      1 m ton  = 1,000 kg

      TEMPERATURE:
      Here you can convert Fahrenheit to Celsius, and  vice  versa.  The
      accuracy is one-tenth of a degree.

      Absolute zero =   -273.15C      -459.61F
      Freezingpoint =         0C           32F
      Body temp.    =      37.0C         98.6F
      Boilingpoint  =       100C          212F

  
  I have tried to the best of my  knowledge  to  make  this  program  as
  accurate as possible, and to my  knowledge  one  inch  is  defined  as
  exactly  25.4  millimeters,  and  one  pound  as  exactly   0.45359237
  kilograms. Remember that this program  is  only  accurate  down  to  3
  decimals (except for temperature); however you can enter a value  with
  as many decimals as you want.

  Version 1.0 had a bug in the  bushel-conversion.  This  has  now  been
  corrected. If you have any ideas of how to make this  program  better, 
  let me know. I would greatly appreciate any feed-back from users of my 
  program. Also let me know where you got a hold of this program.
	Thanks! :)
  
  All use of USMetric is at your own risk, and I do not guarantee that
  this program will work perfectly. USMetric is a shareware product,
  which means single-users can use it for non-commerical purpose free
  of charge. For commercial use you must register.

  For more information, write to:

		Arild Jensen
		Lundhogda 70
		N-7080 Heimdal
		NORWAY
		(+47) 72 58 02 71
		e-mail: arildj@edb.tih.no











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