38 



2 pints make i quart pts.qts. I 8 bushels 



ARITHMETIC. 



DRY MEASURE. 



J\ larked I Marked 



I quarter qr. 



2 quarts i pottle pot. 5 quarters i weytrload wey 



2 pottles I gallon gal. 1 4 bushels i coomb co. 



2 gallons I peck pe. 5 pecks i bushel water meaf. 



4 pecks I busnel bu., 10 coombs i wey 



2 bushels i strike str. j 2 weys i last L, 



Note. — ^The diameter of a Winchester bushel is i8|. 

 inches, and its depth 8 inches. 



By this measure^ fait, lead, ore, oysters, corn, and other 

 dry goods are meafurcd. 



ALE AND BEER MEASURE.- 



Marked 

 2 pints make i quart pts. qts. 

 4 quarts i gallon gal, 



8 gallons i firkin of Ale fir. 



9 gallons I firkin of Beer fir. 



Marked 

 2 firkins 1 kilderkin kil, 



2 kilderkins i barrel bar. 



3 kilderkins i hogshead hhd» 

 3 barrels i butt butt. 



Note. — ^The ale gallon contains 282 cubic inches. In 

 London the ale firkin contains 8 gallons, and the beer fir- 

 kin 9 ; other measures being iathe same proportion. 



WINE 



2 stones I tod. 



6t tods 1 wey. 



2 weys I sack. 



2 2 sacks I last. 



lb. 

 A barrel of pork is .... 220 



A barrel of beef 220 



A quintal of fish 112 



20 things make . . . . i score 



12 I dozen. 



12 dozen i gross. 



144 dozen . . . i greater gross. 



Further,-^ ^^60 grains rr 1 lb. 

 Troy ; 7000 grains = i lb. A- 

 voirdupois ; therefore the weight 

 of the pound Troy is to that of 

 the pound Avoirdupois, as 5760 

 to 7000, or as 144 to 175. 



