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THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



LIQUID MEASURES. 



Gals. Qts. Pts. 



Four Gills, one Pint ... 1 



Quart 1 2 



Gallon 148 



Firkin or Quarter Barrel 9 36 72 



Kilderkin or Half Barrel 18 72 144 



Barrel 36 144 288 



Hogshead of Ale (iy 2 barrel) 54 216 432 



Puncheon 72 288 576 



Butt of Ale (3 barrels) 108 432 864 



Practically, the only measures in use are 

 gallons and quarts, the others are merely nom- 

 inal ; e. g., the hogshead of 54 gallons, old 

 measure, contains but 52 gallons, 1 quart, 1 

 pint, and 3.55 gills imperial measure, and of 

 wine six nominal quart bottles go to the gal- 

 lon. Of imported wines the following are 

 the usual measurements : 



Pipe of Port or Masdeu = 115 Gallons. 



" Teneriffe =109 " 



" Marsala = 93 " 



" Madeira and Cape = 92 " 



Butt of Lisbon and Bucellas =117 " 



" Sherry and Tent =108 " 



Aum of Hock and Rhenish = 30 " 



Hogshead of Claret = 46 " 



DRY OR CORN MEASURE. 

 4 Quarts = 1 Gallon. 



2 Gallons =1 Peck. 



4 Pecks = 1 Bushel. 



3 Bushels (four of corn) =1 Sack. 



12 Sacks =1 Chaldron. 



8 Bushels, or two sacks =1 Quarter. 



5 Quarters = 1 Load. 



MEASURES OF WEIGHT. Avoirdupois. 



27% Grains =1 Drachm = 



16 Drachms =1 Ounce 



16 Ounces =1 Pound 



8 Pounds =1 Stone of Butcher's Meat. 



14 Pounds =1 Ordinary Stone. 



28 Pounds .= 1 Quarter (qr.). 



4 Quarters =1 Hundredweight (cwt.). 



20 Cwt =lTon. 



This weight is used in almost all commer- 

 cial transactions, and common dealings. 



TROY WEIGHT. 



3J Grains =1 Carat. 



24 Grains =1 Pennyweight. 



20 Pennyweights =1 Ounce 480 grs. 



12 Ounces = 1 Pound 5770'" 



HAY AND STRAW. 

 Truss of Straw, 36 Ib. 

 Truss of Old Hay, 56 Ib. 

 Truss of New Hay, 60 Ib. 



Load, 36 Trusses = Straw, 11 cwt. 2 qrs. 8 Ib. ; Old Hay, 

 18 cwt. ; New Hay, 19 cwt. 1 qr. 4 Ib. 



= 27i/ 3 ) 



= 4371/2 Grains. 



= 7000 ) 



WOOL. 



Cwt. Qr. Lb. 



1 Pounds = 1 Clove "0 7 



2 Cloves =1 Stone 14 



2 Stones =lTod 1 



6i/ 2 Tods =lWey 1 2 14 



12 Sacks =!Last 39 



Boxes of Different Measure. A box 



24 inches long by 16 inches wide, and 28 

 inches deep, will contain a barrel (3 bushels). 



A box 24 inches long by 16 inches wide, 

 and 14 inches deep, will contain half a barrel. 



A box 16 inches square, and 8 2-5 inches 

 deep, will contain one bushel. 



A box 16 inches by 8 2-5 inches wide, and 

 8 inches deep, will contain half a bushel. 



A box 8 inches by 8 2-5 inches square, and 

 8 inches deep, will contain one peck. 



A box 8 inches by 8 inches square, and 4 1-5 

 inches deep, will contain one gallon. 



A box 7 inches by 4 inches square, and 4 4-5 

 inches deep, will contain half a gallon. 



A box 4 inches by 4 inches square, and 4 1-5 

 inches deep, will contain one quart. 



In purchasing anthracite coal, 20 bushels 

 are generally allowed for a ton. 



The Longest Tunnels. The Mount St. 

 Gothard Tunnel, Italy, is 48,840 feet long, or 

 nearly 10 miles long, and the longest in the 

 world. 



Mount Cenis Tunnel, Italy, is 39,840 feet 

 long, or about seven and one-half miles long. 



Hoosac Tunnel, Mass., is 25,080 feet long, 

 or about 4J miles. 



The Nochistongo Tunnel, is 21,659 feet long, 

 or about four miles. 



The Sutro Tunnel is 21,120 feet long, or 

 four miles. 



Thames and Medway, Eng., is 11,880 feet 

 long, or about two miles. 



Variations in Time. 



Washington, D. C., 12.00 m. 

 Athens, Greece, 6.43 p. m. 

 Auckland, New 



Zealand, 4.51 a. m. 



Augusta, Me., 12.29 p. m. 

 Austin, Texas, 10.37 a. m. 

 Batavia, Java, 12.15a.m. 

 Bombay, India, 10.00 p. m. 

 Boston, Mass., 12.24 p. m. 

 Berlin, Germany, 6.01 p. m. 

 Calcutta, India," 11.01 p. m. 

 Canton, China, 12.41 a. m. 

 Charleston, S. C., 11.49 a. m. 

 Chicago, 111., 11.18 a. m. 

 Constantinople, 



Turkey, 

 Copenhagen, 



Denmark, 

 Denver, Col., 



Dublin, Ireland, 4.43 p. m. 

 Gibraltar, Spain, 4.51 p. m. 

 Glasgow, Scot., 4.51 p. m. 

 Halifax, N. S., 12.54 p; m. 

 Harrisburg, Pa., 12.01 p. m. 

 Lima, Peru, 12.00 m. 

 London, Eng., 5.07 p. m. 



7.04 p. m. 



5.58 p. m. 

 10.07 a. m. 



Madrid, Spain, 4.53 p. m 

 Mecca, Arabia, 7.49 p. m 

 Mexico, Mexico, 10.27 a. m 

 New Orleans,La.,11.08 a. m 

 New York, N. Y. , 12.12 p. m 

 Olympia, Wash- 

 ington, 8. 57 a. m 

 Omaha, Neb., 10.44 a. m 

 Paris, France, 5.42 p. m 

 Pekin, China, 

 Philadelphia, 



Pa., 



Pittsburg, Pa., 

 Rio Janeiro, Bra. ,2. 16 p. in 

 Rome, Italy, 5.58 p. m 

 St. Louis, Mo., 

 St. Petersburg, 



Russia, 

 Salt Lake City, 



Utah, 

 San Francisco. 



Cal., 



Tallahassee,Fla.,11.30a. m 

 Toronto, Can., 11.51 a. m 

 Valparaiso, Chile, 1^.21 p. in 

 Yeddo, Japan, 2.27 a. m 



12.54 a. in. 



12.13 p. m. 

 11.48 a. m. 



11.07 a. m. 

 7.09 p. m. 

 9.40 a. m. 

 8.58 a. m. 



Alcoholic Liquors. A table of the 

 comparative consumption of alcoholic liquors 

 was compiled by the London Times recently, 

 with some interesting results. The average 

 yearly consumption per head is given in liters 

 (a liter is a little less than a quart) : 



Spirits. Wine. Beer. 



Liters. Liters. Liters. 



Canada 3.08 0.29 8.51 



Norway 3.90 1.00 15.30 



United States 4.79 2.64 31.30 



Great Britain and Ireland 5.37 2.09 143.92 



Austria-Hungary 6.76 22.40 28.42 



France 7.28 119.20 21.10 



Russia 8.08 Unknown. 4.66 



Sweden 8.14 0.36 11.00 



German Zollverein... 8.60 6.00 65.00 



Belgium 9.20 3.70 169.20 



Switzerland 15.30 55.00 37.60 



Netherlands 9.87 2.57 27.00 



Denmark... .... 18.90 1.00 33.33 



