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Show WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. MEASURES OF WEIGHT.-Avoirdupois : 1 pound equals 7000 grains; 16 drams, 1 ounce; 16 ounces, 1 pound; 112 pounds, 1 hundredweight; 20 hundredweight, 1 ton. Troy : 1 pound equals 5760 grains; 24 grains, 1 pennyweight; 20 pennyweights, 1 ounce; 12 ounces, 1 pound. Apothecaries': 1 pound equals 5760 grains ; 20 grains, 1 scruple ; 3 scruples, 1 dram ; 8 drams, 1 ounce ; 12 ounces, 1 pound. Metric: 1 kilogramme equals 1000 grammes, equals 2.2 Avoirdupois pounds. MEASURES OF LENGTH.-Customary: 12 inches equal 1 foot; 16 1/2 feet, 1 rod ; 40 rods, 1 furlong; 8 furlongs, 1 statute mile ; 1 statute mile, 5280 feet or 1760 yards ; 1 marine league, 3 nautical miles; 1 fathom, 6 feet; 1 nautical mile equals 6080.2 feet. Metric : 1000 millimetres equal 1 metre; 1000 metres, 1 kilometre ; 1 metre equals 39.37 inches. SURFACE OR SQUARE MEASURE.- Customary: 144 square inches equal 1 square foot; 9 square feet, 1 square yard; 30.25 square yards, 1 square rod; 40 square rods, 1 1 square rood; 4 square roods, 1 acre ; 640 acres, 1 square mile; 1 acre equals 208.7 feet square. Metric : 1 square metre equals 10.764 square feet; 100 square metres equal 1 are; 1 hectare equals 100 ares, or 2.471 acres. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE.- Customary: 1728 cubic inches equal 1 cubic foot; 27 cubic feet, 1 cubic yard; 40 cubic feet of round timber, 1 ton ; 50 cubic feet of hewn timber, 1 ton ; 128 cubic feet of wood (4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet), cord; 24.75 cubic feet of stone, 1 perch - usually 16 1/2 feet by feet by 1 foot, but varies greatly. Metric: 1000 cubic centimetres equal 1 litre ; 1 litre equals 1.0567 quarts. LIQUID MEASURE.-English gallon equals 277.274 cubic inches, or 1.20032 U. S. gallons ; 4 gills, 1 pint; 2 pints, 1 quart; 4 quarts, 1 gallon. DRY MEASURE.- 1 bushel equals 2150.42 cubic inches ; pints, 1 quart ;4 quarts, 1 gallon ; 2 gallons, 1 peck; 4 pecks, 1 bushel. Metric: 10 millitres equal 1 centilitre; 10 centilitres, 1 decilitre; 10 decilitres, 1 litre ; 1 litre, 0.908 dry quart. POUNDS PER BUSHEL.-The weight per bushel of different articles differs in different States. Revised Statutes of the U. S., Sec. 2919: " For the purpose of estimating the duties on importations of grain, the number of bushels shall be ascertained by weight instead of by measuring; and 60 pounds of wheat, 56 pounds of corn, 56 pounds of barley, 32 pounds of oats, 60 pounds of peas, and 40 pounds of buckwheat, avoirdupois weight, shall respectively be estimated as a bushel." REVENUE STAMPS. |