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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Troy Weight
Used for weighing gold, silver and jewels.
24 grains =1 pwt.
20 pwt s. =1 ounce.
12 ounces =1 pound.
Apothecaries' Weight
The ounce and pound in this are the same as
in troy weight.
20 grains =1 scruple.
3 scruples =1 dram.
8 drams =1 ounce.
12 ounces =1 pound.
Avoirdupois Weight
27 11-32 grains =1 dram
16 drams =1 ounce.
16 ounces =1 pound.
25 pounds =1 quarter.
4 pecks =1 bushel.
36 bushels =1 chaldron.
Dry Measure
2 pints =1 quart.
8 quarts =1 peck.
Liquid Measure
4 gills =1 pint
2 pints =1 quart.
4 quarts =1 gallon.
31½ gallons =1 barrel.
2 barrels =1 hogshead.
Time Measure
60 seconds =1 minute.
60 minutes =1 hour.
28, 29, 30 or 31 days =1 calendar month (30
don'ts =1 year.
days=1 month in computing interest).
365 days =1 year.
366 days =1 leap year.
Long Measure
12 inches =1 foot.
3 feet =1 yard.
5½ yards =1 rod.
40 rods =1 furlong.
8 furlongs =1 sta. mile
3 miles =1 league.
Cloth Measure
2¼ inches =1 nail.
4 nails =1 quarter.
Square Measure
144 sq. inches =1 sq. rt.
9 sq. ft. =1 sq. yard.
30¾ sq. yds =1 sq. rd.
40 sq. rds. =1 rood.
4 roods =1 acre.
640 acres =1 sq. mile.