APPENDIX 



WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 

 ENGLISH SYSTEM 



LINEAR MEASURE OR MEASURES OF LENGTH 



12 inches (in). = 1 foot (ft.) 

 3 feet = 1 yard (yd.) 



yards 

 feet 

 320 rods 

 1760 yards 

 5280 feet 



rod (rd.) 



rod 



mile (mi.) 



mile 



mile 



SQUARE MEASURE OR SURFACE MEASURE 



144 square inches (sq. in.) = 1 square foot (sq. ft.) 



9 square feet = 1 square yard (sq. yd.) 



30H square yards = 1 square rod (sq. rd.) 



160 square rods = 1 acre (A.) 



1 square mile = 1 section 



36 square miles, or 36 sections = 1 township 



CUBIC MEASURE OR MEASURE OF VOLUME 



1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.) 

 27 cubic feet (cu. ft.) = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.) 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT 



27.34 grains (gr.) = 1 dram (dr.) 



16 drams = 1 ounce (oz.) 



16 ounces = 1 pound Qb.) 



100 pounds = 1 hundredweight (cwt.) 



2000 pounds = 1 ton (T.) 



2240 pounds = 1 long ton 1 



437^ grains = 1 ounce 



7000 grains = 1 pound 



i The long ton is used at the United States custom houses and often in wholesale 

 transactions in coal and iron, as well as being in general use in Great Britain. 



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