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tain from 8 to 10 fluid ounces; tea-cups, about 5 fluid onces^ wine-glasses, 

 about 2 fluid ounces ; tablespoons, half a fluid ounce ; dessert spoons, 2 

 fluid drams, and teaspoons, 1 fluid dram. . 



In spite of the fact that the use of the metric system has been legal- 

 ized in the United States, so deeply, is the old English system engrafted 

 upon the customs of our people that there will necessarily be a con- 

 fusion of weights and measures until the use of the former is made 

 compulsory. This system is so easy to learn and so easy in practical 

 ai^plication that it will certainly supersede the other in use, as it has in 

 the continental countries of Europe. 



