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- Cable Length
- In Verne's context, 600 feet
- Centigrade
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- 0 degrees centigrade
- freezing water
- 37 degrees centigrade
- human body temperature
- 100 degrees centigrade
- boiling water
- Fathom
- 6 feet
- Gram
- Rougly 1/28 of an ounce
- Milligram
- Roughly 1/28,000 of an ounce
- Kilogram
- (kilo) Rougly 2.2 pounds
- Hectare
- Roughly 2.5 acres
- Knot
- 1.15 miles per hour
- League
- In Verne's context, 2.16 miles
- Liter
- Roughly 1 quart
- Meter
- Roughly 1 yard, 3 inches
- Millimeter
- Roughly 1/25 of an inch
- Centimeter
- Roughly 2/5 of an inch
- Decimeter
- Roughly 4 inches
- Kilometer
- Roughly 6/10 of a mile
- Myriameter
- Roughly 6.2 miles
- Ton, metric
- Roughly 2,200 pounds
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