CONTENTS XXlll 



PAGES 



Pitch wax, 513 — Waxed string and bandages, 513 — Covers for 

 wounds, 514. 



CHAPTER XXVII 



Computation Tables 516-542 



Tables of Begular American Weights and Measures . . . 516 



Avoirdupois weight, 516 — Troy or jewellers', 516 — Apothe- 

 caries', 516 — Comparative weights, 517 — Dry measure, 517 — 

 Liquid measure, 517 — Apothecaries' fluid measure, 517 — Line 

 or linear measure, 517 — Surveyors' or chain measure, 518 — 

 Square measure, 518 — Surveyors' square measure, 518 — Solid 

 or cubic measure, 518 — Paper and book denominations, 519. 



Metric Weights and Measures 519 



Weight, 519 — Capacity, 520 — Length, 520 — Surface, 620 — 

 Cubic, 520 — Equivalents in metric and American measures, 521. 



Money Tables 521 



English money, 521 — French, 522 — German, 522 — Dutch, 522 

 — Italian, 522 — Spanish, 522 — Russian, 522 — Austrian, 522 — 

 Monetary units of American countries, 522 — Other money 

 equivalents, 523 — Money table, 524 — Legal rates of interest, 

 524. 



Wage-Tables 526 



Day wages, 526-527 — Month wages, 526. 



Thermometer Scales 527 



Miscellaneous Measures^ Weights^ and Estimates ... 528 



Measures and dimensions of many kinds, 528 — Weights of 

 various varieties of apples per bushel, 629 — Dried fruit and 

 cider, 529 — Various estimates, 529 — To find bushels in bins, 

 530 — To find tons of hay in mow or stack, 530 — To figure cost 

 of hay by the ton, 530. 



Capacities of Pipes and Tanks 531 



Quantity of water held by pipes of various sizes, 531 — Number 

 of gallons in circular tanks and wells, 531 — Approximate con- 

 tents of cylinders, 531 — Gallons in square-built tanks, 532. 



Legal Weight of the Bushel 533 



List of products for which legal weights have been fixed in but 

 one or two states, 533, 540 — Legal weights (in pounds) per 

 bushel in the United States, 534 — Other articles, 540 — Legal 

 weights of seeds and grains in Canada, 540. 



Government Townships 641 



