CONTENTS xxm 



Pitch wax, 513 Waxed string and bandages, 513 Covers for 

 wounds, 514. 



CHAPTER XXVII 



COMPUTATION TABLES 616-542 



Tables of Regular American Weights and Measures ... 516 



Avoirdupois weight, 516 Troy or jewellers', 516 Apothe- 

 caries', 516 Comparative weights, 517 Dry measure, 517 

 Liquid measure, 517 Apothecaries' fluid measure, 517 Line 

 or linear measure, 517 Surveyors' or chain measure, 518 

 Square measure, 518 Surveyors' square measure, 518 Solid 

 or cubic measure, 518 Paper and book denominations, 519. 



Metric Weights and Measures 519 



Weight, 519 Capacity, 520 Length, 520 Surface, 620 

 Cubic, 520 Equivalents in metric and American measures, 521. 



Money Tables 521 



English money, 521 French, 522 German, 522 Dutch, 522 

 Italian, 522 Spanish, 522 Russian, 522 Austrian, 522 

 Monetary units of American countries, 522 Other money 

 equivalents, 523 Money table, 524 Legal rates of interest, 

 524. 



Wage-Tables . . . . 526 



Day wages, 526-527 Month wages, 526. 



Thermometer Scales . . . . T . . * . . . 527 



Miscellaneous Measures, Weights, and Estimates .... 528 

 Measures and dimensions of many kinds, 528 Weights of 

 various varieties of apples per bushel, 529 Dried fruit and 

 cider, 529 Various estimates, 529 To find bushels in bins, 

 530 To find tons of hay in mow or stack, 530 To figure cost 

 of hay by the ton, 530. 



Capacities of Pipes and Tanks 531 



Quantity of water held by pipes of various sizes, 531 Number 

 of gallons in circular tanks and wells, 531 Approximate con- 

 tents of cylinders, 631 Gallons in square-built tanks, 532. 



Legal Weight of the Bushel 533 



List of products for which legal weights have been fixed in but 

 one or two states, 533, 540 Legal weights (in pounds) per 

 bushel in the United States, 534 Other articles, 540 Legal 

 weights of seeds and grams in Canada, 540. 



Government Townships , , , , . . . ' . . 541 



