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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Troy Weight

24 grains=1 pwts.
20 pwts.=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 the are the same as in Troy weight.

Avoirdupois Weight
27 11.32 grains=1 dram.
16 drams=1 ounce.
16 ounces=1 pound.
25 pounds=1 quarter.
4 quarters=1 cwt.
2,000 lbs.=1 short ton.
2,240 lbs.=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.
4 quarts=1 gallon.
31 1/2 gallons=1 barrel.
2 barrels=1 hogshead.

Mariners' Measure
6 feet=1 fathom
120 fathoms=1 cab.le'th
7 1/2 cable lengths=1 mile.
5,280 feet=1 stat. mile.
6,085 feet=1 naut. mile.

Miscellaneous
3 inches=1 palm.
4 inches=1 hand.
6 inches=1 span.
18 inches=1 cubit
21.8 inches=1 Bible cubit
2 1/2 feet=1 military pace.

Square Measure
144 sq. inches=1 sq. ft.
9 sq. feet=1 sq. yard.
30 1/4 sq. yds.=1 sq. rod.
40 sq. rods=1 rood.
4 roods=1 acre.
640 acres=1 sq. mile.

Surveyors' Measure
7.92 inches=1 link
25 links=1 rod.
4 rods=1 chain.
10 sq. chains or 160 square rods=1 acre.
640 acres=1 sq. mile.
36 sq. miles (6 miles sq.)=1 township

Cubic Measure
1,728 cub in.=1 cub. ft.
27 cubic ft.=1 cubic yd.
128 c. ft.=1 cord (wood)
40 c. ft.=ton (shpg.).
2,150.42 cubic inches=1 standard bushel.
268.8 cubic in.=1 standard gallon.
1 cubic foot=about four-fifths of a bushel

Long Measure
12 inches=1 foot.
3 feet=1 yard.
5 1/2 yards=1 rod.
40 rods=1 furlong.
8 furlongs=1 sta. mile.
3 miles=1 league.
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January, 1925
1045 - Huntington - 
Harry's tel no.

New Year's Day
Thur. 1
Dinner - Curcios. Gay hospitality, delicious food, wine etc. Walked to and fro. To bed early.
Fri. 2
Sewing machine - blouse.
Wrote Ely about Alfey, [[Club??]].
Big snow storm. Very warm on boat.
Sat. 3
Washed clothes in A.M.

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No need indeed to transcribe the reference material here. Thanks, -quinnk of Archives of American Art