COMPUTATION TABLES. 133 



I of an inch = a size (of shoes). 



3 indies = a pahn. 



4 inches = a hand. 



9 inches = a span. 



18 inches = a cubit. 



21 feet = a military pace. 



3^(01 3.3) feet = a pace. 



A wine gallon = 231 cubic inches. 



A dry gallon = 268.8 



An imperial gallon = 277.274 



An imperial or English bushel . . .=2,218.192 " 



A U. S. bushel = 2,150.42 



A U. S. bushel heaped (heaped to a 



cone 6 inches high) =2,747.7 



1 pint of water weighs 1.0431 pounds. 



1 gallon of water weighs 8.3448 pomids. 



1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.425 pounds at 39.2° F. 



An English (statute) mile is 1760 yards. 



A Scotch mile is 1984 



An Irish mile is 2249 



A Dutch mile is 8101 



A Roman mile is 1628 



A German mile is 6859 



A Russian mile is 1100 



An Arabian mile is 2148 



A sea (nautical) mile is 2026 



1 tael (Chinese) is 1^ oz- avoir. 



1 Danish pound is 1.102 lb. avoir. 



1 Russian pound is 9 



1 libra (Spanish) is 1.014 



100 pounds nails =1 keg. 



196 pounds flour =1 barrel. 



150 pounds potatoes =1 barrel of freight 



14. Approximate value of household measures : 



45 drops of water is a teaspoonful. 

 1 teaspoonful equals 1 fluid dram. 



