WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



ever used, itinpiary distances being 

 rci-kdiied in iiules and vards. 



"The relations of these different 



drnominations are exhibited in tne 

 following table : 



" Of the different measures of 

 length used, the foot is the nriost uni- 

 versally prevalent. We subjoin the 

 relation between the foot of different 

 countries and the English foot. 



English foot 



Russian foot !■ 



Pans foot 1 065765 



Prussian and Danish foot . 1 029722 

 Austrian foot 1037128 



'' Mcasuresof Superficies. — In square 

 measure the yard is subdivided, as in 

 general measure, into feet and inch- 



es ; 144 square inches being equal to 

 a square foot, and 9 square feet to a 

 sijuare yard. For land measure, the 

 multiples of the yard a,re the pole, 

 the rood, and the acre ; 3();i (the 

 square of 5.],) square yards being a 

 pole, 40 poles a rood, and 4 roods an 

 acre (see Acre). Very large surfaces, 

 as of whole countries, are expressed 

 in square miles. 



" The following are the relations 

 of square measure : 



Squ;ire Keel. 



1 



9 



272-; 



10890 



435G0 



?quart* Yririis. 



Poles. 



OUU 

 1 

 30-Jj 

 1210 

 4340 



0-003ti7:)09 

 003305798 

 1 

 40 

 160 



Uoods. 



0(100091827 

 0-0.)082e448 



o-;i-Jo 

 1 

 - 4 



Acres. 



00002-2957 



0-000206612 



000625 



023 



1 



" Land is usually measured by a 

 chain of 4 poles, or 22 yards, w iiich is 

 divided into 100 links. Three chains 

 in length, and one in breadth, make 

 an acre, which equals 1G9 square 

 perches, or 4840 square yards. 



Square, or Superficial Measure. 

 144 square inches = 1 square foot. 

 9 " f.'et = 1 " yard. 



30* " vards = 1 " rod. 



40 " rods = 1 " acre. 

 640 " acres = 1 " mile. 



"Measures of Volume. — Solids are 

 measured by cutiic yards, feet and 

 inches ; 1728 cubic inches making a 

 cubic foot, and 27 cubic feet a cubic 

 yard. For all sorts of liquids, corn, 

 -and other dry goods, the standard 

 measure is declared by the act ot 

 1824 to be the imperial gallon, the ca- 

 pacity of which is determined imme- 

 diately by weight, and remotely by 

 the standard of length. 



" The parts of the gallon are quarts 

 and pints, 2 pints being a quart, and 

 4 quarts a gallon. Its multiples are 

 the peck, the bushel, and the quarter ; 

 the peck being 2 gallons, the bushel 4 

 pecks, and the quarter 8 bushels. 

 4 B 2 



Ciiliic, or Solid Measure. 

 17-28 cubic inches make . . 1 cul)ic foot. 



27 ciibi;: feet I cubic yard 



40 feet ot; rough tin.iier /; ^ ^^.^^ 

 50 ieel ot hewn timber S 



"This comprehends length, breadth, 

 and thii^kness. 



"And 108 solid feet, that is, 12 feet 

 in length, 3 feet in bieadih, and 3 feet 

 deep, or, commonly, 14 feet long, 3 

 (eet 1 inch broad, and 3 feel 1 inch 

 deep, are a stack of wood. 



" And 128 solid feet, that is, 8 feet 

 long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feel deep, 

 are a cord of wood. 



Graui Measures. 



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