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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Troy Weight
24 grains-1 pwt       
20 pwt.-1 ounce
12 ounces-1 pound
Used for weighing gold, silver, and jewels

Apothecaries' Weight
20 grains-1 scruple   
3 scruples-1 dram     
8 drams-1 ounce
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  
16 drams-1 ounce      
16 ounces-1 pound     
25 pounds-1 quarter
4 quarter-1 cwf.
2000 lb.-1 short ton
2240 lb.-1 long ton

Dry Measure
2 pints-1 quart       
8 quarts-1 peck       
4 pecks-1 bushel
36 bushels-1 chaldron

Liquid Measure
4 gills-1 pint        
2 pints-1 quart       
3 quarts-1 gallon
31 1/2 gallons-1 barrel
2 barrels-1 hogshead

Mariners' Measure
6 feet-1 fathom       
120 fathoms-1 cable   
7 1/2 cable lenghts- 1 mile
5,280 ft.-1 stat. mile
6,085 ft.-1 naut. mile length

Square Measure
144 sq. in-1 sq. ft.         
9 sq. ft.-1 sq. yd.          
30 1/4 sq. yds.-1 sq. rod.   
40 sq. rods-1 rood
4 roods-1 acre
640 acres-1 sq. mile

Cubic Measure
1,728 cu. in- 1 cu. ft.    
27 cu. ft.- 1. cu. yd.     
2,150.42 cubic inches- 1 standard bushel
231 cubic inches- 1 standard gallon
1 cubic foot- about four-fifths of a bushel
128 cu. ft.-1 cord (wood)
46 cu. ft.-1 ton (shpg.)

Long Measure
12 inches-1 foot     
3 feet-1 yard      
5 1/2 yards-1 rod   
40 rods-1 furlong
8 furlongs-1 stat. mile
3 miles-1 league