DRY MEASURE. 



163 



outside, and 8 inches deep, and when heaped to a cone 6 

 inches high, contains 2748 cubic inches. 



The Imperial or British bushel contains 2218 cubic 

 inches, so that 32 of their bushels are equal to 38 of ours. 



Heaping Measure. Potatoes, turnips and esculent roots, 

 apples and other fruits, meal and bran, corn on the ear, 

 and in some States, oats, are sold by the heaping bushel 

 measure. 



TABLE OF COMPARISON OF THE MEASURES OF CAPACITY. 





 1 gallon or 4 qt. wine measure contains 231 cubic inches. 



pk. or 4 qt. dry measure " 268| " 



1 gallon or 4 qt. beer measure 282 



1 bushel dry measure " 2150 " 



In England the following weights and measures are 

 sometimes used : 



WEIGHT. 



3 pounds = 1 stone, butchers' meat. 



7 pounds =1 clove. 



2 clove s=l stone common articles. 



2 stone 1 tod of wool. 

 6^ tods = 1 wey " 



2 weys^rl sack " 



12 sacks = 1 last " 



240 pounds = 1 pack " 



CLOTH MEASTTRE. 



2 inches = 1 nail. 

 4 nails = 1 quarter. 



4 quarters = 1 yard. 



3 quarters = 1 Flemish elL 



5 quarters =1 English ell. 



6 quarters = 1 French ell. 

 4-fr quarters 1 Scotch elL 



DRY MEASURE. 



2 quarts 1 pottle. 



2 bushels \ strike, 



2 strikes = 1 coom. 



2 cooms=:l quarter. 

 5 quarters 1 load. 



3 bushels =1 sack. 



36 bushels = 1 chaldron. 



WINE MEASURE. 



18 U. S gal =1 runlet. 

 25 Eng. gal. or) _, ,. 

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42 U. S. gal. 

 2 tierces = 1 puncheon. 



2 hogsheads =1 pipe. 



2 pipes =1 tun. 



7 Eng. gal. = l firkin of beer. 



4 firkins =1 barrel " 



