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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Troy Weight 24 grains — 1 pwt. | 12 ounces - 1 pound 20 pwt. — 1 ounce Used for weighing gold, silver and jewels Apothercaries’ Weight 20 grains - 1 scruple | 8 drams - 1 ounce 3 scruples - 1 dram | 12 ounces - 1 pound The ounce and pound in this are the same as in Troy weight. Avoirdupois Weight 27 11/32 grs. — 1 dram | 4 quarter - 1 cwt. 16 drams — 1 ounce | 2000 lb. - 1 short ton 16 ounces — 1 pound | 2240 lb. - 1 long ton 25 pounds — 1 quarter Dry Measure 2 pints — 1 quart | 4 pecks - 1 bushel 8 quarts — 1 peck | 36 bushels - 1 chaldron Liquid Measure 4 gills — 1 pint | 31 1/2 gallons - 1 barrel 2 pints — 1 quart | 2 barrels - 1 hogshead 4 quarts - 1 gallon Mariners' Measure 6 feet - 1 fathom | 5,280 ft. - 1 stat. mile 120 fathoms - 1 cable | 6,085 ft. - 1 naut. mile length 7 1/2 cable lengths - 1 mile Square Measure 144 sq. in. - 1 sq. ft. | 40 sq. rods - 1 rood 9 sq. ft. - 1 sq. yd. | 4 roods - 1 acre 30 1/4 sq. yds. - 1 sq. rod | 640 acres - 1 sq. mile Cubic Measure 1,728 cu. in. - 1 cu. ft. | 128 cu. ft. - 1 cord (wood) 27 cu. ft. - 1 cu. yd. | 46 cu. ft. - 1 ton (shpg.) 2,150.42 cubic inches - 1 standard bushel 231 cubic inches - 1 standard gallon 1 cubic foot - about four fifths of a bushel Long measure 12 inches - 1 foot | 40 rods - 1 furlong 3 feed - 1 yard | 8 furlongs - 1 stat. mile 5 1/2 yards - 1 rod | 3 miles - 1 league