WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



Enfflish Corn Measures. 



4 gills 

 2 pints 



4 quarts 

 2 galluns 

 8 gullnns 

 8 bushels 



5 quarters = 



1 pint 

 ] quart 

 1 gallon 

 1 peck 

 I bushel 

 I quarter 

 1 load 



345 cubic in. 

 691 " 

 2771 " 



2218i 



101 cubic ft. 

 5U 



" The Winchester quarter is more 

 than the imperial quarter, being in 

 the proportion of 1 to 9G945. The 

 English imperial quarter, in estima- 

 ting weight, means the |th of a ton of 

 2240 lbs. =560 lbs., or 1 quarter. 



" Measures of Wood and other Fuel. 

 — Cord-wood, being the bigger sort 

 of fire-wood, is measured by a cord 

 or line, whereof there are two meas- 

 ures : that of" 14 feet in length, 3 feet 

 in breadth, and 3 feet in height ; the 

 other is 8 feet in length, 4 feet in 

 breadth, and 4 feet in height, which 

 is generally employed. 

 Table of Weights and Measures ac- 

 cording to the Imperial Standard. 



Avoirdupois weight. 



1 drachm =: 



16 drachms 1 ounce = 



1 pound = 



1 qr. cwt. = 



1 cwt. = 



1 ton = 



French grammes. 



1-771 



28-346 



453-544 



12-699 kilo^am. 



50-796 



1015-920 



16 ounces 

 28 pounds 



4 quarters 

 20 cwt. 



" The stone is generally 14 lbs. 

 avoirdupois weight, but for butcher's 

 meat or fish it is 8 lbs. Hence the 

 cwt. equals 8 stone of 14 lbs., or 14 

 stone of 8 lbs. 



"■Wool Weight. — Like all other 

 bulky articles, wool is weighed by 

 avoirdupois weight, but the divisions 

 differ thus : 



7 poutids ^ 1 clove. 



2 cloves = 1 stone. 



2 stone ^= 1 tod. 



ei tods = 1 wey. 



2" weys = 1 sack. 



12 sacks = 1 last. 



" Cheese and butter, 



z 1 clove. 



= 1 wey in Essex. 



= 1 wev in Suffolk. 



8 pounds 

 32 cloves 

 42 cloves 

 56 pounds 



" A cubic 



foot 



1 firkin of butter. 



of loose earth 



or 



sand weighs 95 lbs. 



k cubic ft. of common soil weighs 124 lbs. 



strong soil 



clay 



distilled water 



cast iron 



lead 



copper 



127 

 135 

 62-5 

 450-45 

 7119 5 

 466-75 



A cubic foot of tallow 

 " " oak 

 '• " brick 

 air 



ighs 



59 lbs. ' 

 73 15 

 125 

 -0753 



"The quintal is 100 lbs. ; the tcm 

 2240 lbs. 



" The weight of a cubic inch of dis- 

 tilled water, in air, is 253458 grains. 



"The Turkish pound is 7578grains ; 

 the Danish, C941 ; the Irish, 7774 ; 

 the Neapolitan, 4952 ; the Scotch 

 pound troy, 7620-8. 



"The imperial gallon contains 10 

 lbs. avoirdupois of distilled water, 

 weighed in air at 62 = , with the ba- 

 rometer at 30 inches. 2 gallons are 

 equal to a peck, 8 gallons to a bush- 

 el, and 8 bushels to a quarter. 



" Heaped measure, per bushel, is 

 2815i cubic inches clear. 



"The Winchester bushel is 18^ 

 inches in diameter, and 8 inches deep, 

 containing 21.54-42 cubic inches. 



" 1000 ounces of rain water are 

 equal to about 7^ gallons wine meas- 

 ure, or to a cubic foot. 



" 7 pounds avoirdupois are a gallon 

 of flour. 



" A chaldron of coals is 58j cubic 

 feet. 



" 12 wine gallons of distilled water 

 weigh 100 lbs. avoirdupois. 



"The imperial dry bushel, when 

 not heaped, is 2218 192 cubic inches ; 

 the peck, 554 .548 ; gallon, 277274 ; 

 and quart, 69 3185. The bushel is 8 

 inches deep, and 18 8 wide, with a 

 heap 6 inches high. 



" A bushel of wheat is 60 lbs. ; 

 rye, 53 lbs. ; barley, 47 lbs. ; oats, 38 ; 

 pease, 64; beans, 63; clover seed, 

 68 ; rape, 48 lbs. 



" A Scotch pint is equal to 4 Eng- 

 lish pints. 



"A Scotch quart is 208 6 cubic 



inches. 



" There are 545,267,000 cubic yards 

 in a cubic mile. 



" According to usage, in Philadel- 

 phia and other parts of the United 

 States, building-stone, when piled or 

 ' perched,' as it is usually termed, is 

 measured by allowing 25 cubic feet to 

 the perch ; but when placed in the 

 wall, only 22 feet are allowed to the 

 perch. In measuring stone wall, 14 

 1 inches of thickness is usually allow- 



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