Gramme

Gramme is the standard French unit of mass. Its weight at Paris is the standard of weight. A

gramme mass is defined as that of a cubic centimetre of distilled water at 4° C, the temperature of greatest density of the liquid. It is an equivalent mass to 15-43248 grains troy, but by reason of the difference of intensity of gravity in Paris and in London this number does not express the relation between their weights, one gramme weight being equivalent to 15-43234 grains troy weight or 00220462 lb. avoirdupois weight. The unit is divided into 10 deoigrammes, 100 centigrammes, or 1,000 milligrammes; multiples of the gramme by 10, 100, 1,000 and so on, are termed the decagramme, hectogramme, kilogramme, myriogramme, and the quintal.