Machinery's Handbook Pocket Companion

In the table of conversion factors that follows, the symbols for SI units, multiples and submultiples are given in parentheses in the right hand column.
| Multiply | By | To Obtain |
|---|---|---|
| Length | ||
| centimeter | 0.03280840 | foot |
| centimeter | 0.3937008 | inch |
| fathom | 1.8288 [a] | meter (m) |
| foot | 0.3048 [a] | meter (m) |
| foot | 30.48 [a] | centimeter (cm) |
| foot | 304.8 [a] | millimeter (mm) |
| inch | 0.0254 [a] | meter (m) |
| inch | 2.54 [a] | centimeter (cm) |
| inch | 25.4 [a] | millimeter (mm) |
| kilometer | 0.6213712 | mile [U.S. statute] |
| meter | 39.37008 | inch |
| meter | 0.5468066 | fathom |
| meter | 3.280840 | foot |
| meter | 0.1988388 | rod |
| meter | 1.093613 | yard |
| meter | 0.0006213712 | mile [U.S. statute] |
| micro inch | 0.0254 [a] | micrometer [micron] ( ?m) |
| micrometer [micron] | 39.37008 | micro inch |
| mile [U.S. statute] | 1609.344 [a] | meter (m) |
| mile [U.S. statute] | 1.609344 [a] | kilometer (km) |
| millimeter | 0.003280840 | foot |
| millimeter | 0.03937008 | inch |
| rod | 5.0292 [a] | meter (m) |
| yard | 0.9144 [a] | meter (m) |
| Area | ||
| acre | 4046.856 | meter 2 (m 2) |
| acre | 0.4046856 | hectare |
| centimeter 2 | 0.1550003 | inch 2 |
| centimeter 2 | 0.001076391 | foot 2 |
| foot 2 | 0.09290304 [a] | meter 2 (m 2) |
| foot 2 | 929.0304 [a] | centimeter 2 (cm 2) |
| foot 2 | 92,903.04 [a] | millimeter 2 (mm 2) |
| hectare | 2.471054 | acre |
| inch 2 | 645.16 [a] | millimeter 2 (mm 2) |
| inch 2 | 6.4516 [a] | centimeter 2 (cm 2) |
| inch 2 | 0.00064516 [a] | meter 2 (m 2) |
| meter 2 | 1550.003 | inch 2 |
| meter 2 | 10.763910 | foot 2 |
| meter 2 | 1.195990 | yard 2 |
| meter 2 | 0.0002471054 |