172 CUBIC MEASURE. 



cellar is estimated by the measurement of the outside of the 

 wall. 



Ton weight and ton measure. A ton of hay, or any 

 other coarse bulky article usually sold by that measure, is 

 20 gross hundreds, that is 2240 Ibs. But in many places it 

 has become the custom to count only 2000 Ibs. for a ton. 

 In freighting ships, 42 cubic feet are allowed to a ton ; in 

 the measurement of timber, 40 solid feet if round, and 50 

 if square make a ton. 



