DOMESTIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Apothecaries' Weight: 20 grains 1 scruple; 3 scruples 1 dram; 8 drams=1 ounce; 12 ounces 1 pound. Avoirdupois Weight (short ton): 27 11-32 grains 1 dram; 16 drams=1 ounce; 16 ounces 1 pound; 25 pounds=1 quarter; 4 quarters 1 cwt.; 20 cwt.=1 ton. Avoirdupois Weight (long ton): 27 11-32 grains 1 dram; 16 drams=1 ounce; 16 ounces 1 pound; 112 pounds=1 cwt.; 20 cwt.=1 ton. Troy Weight: 24 grains 1 pennyweight; 20 pennyweights=1 ounce; 12 ounces =1 pound. Circular Measure: 60 seconds 1 minute; 60 minutes 1 degree; 30 degrees=1 sign; 12 signs 1 circle or circumference. Cubic Measure: 1,728 cubic inches=1 cubic foot; 27 cubic feet-1 cubic yard. Dry Measure: 2 pints=1 quart; 8 quarts=1 peck; 4 pecks=1 bushel. Liquid Measure: 4 gills=1 pint; 2 pints=1 quart; 4 quarts=1 gallon; 311⁄2 gallons 1 barrel; 2 barrels 1 hogshead. Long Measure: 12 inches 1 foot; 3 feet 1 yard; 51⁄2 yards=1 rod or pole; 40 rods 1 furlong; 8 furlongs 1 statute mile (1,760 yards or 5,280 feet); 3 miles 1 league. Mariner's Measure: 6 feet 1 fathom; 120 fathoms 1 cable length; 71⁄2 cable lengths 1 mile; 5,280 feet-1 statute mile; 6,085 feet 1 nautical mile. Paper Measure: 24 sheets 1 quire; 20 quires=1 ream (480 sheets); 2 reams= 1 bundle; 5 bundles 1 bale. Square Measure: 144 square inches 1 square foot; 9 square feet=1 square yard; 304 square yards=1 square rod or perch; 40 square rods 1 rood; 4 roods= 1 acre; 640 acres 1 square mile; 36 square miles (6 miles square)=1 township. Time Measure: 60 seconds 1 minute; 60 minutes 1 hour; 24 hours 1 day; 7 days 1 week; 365 days 1 year; 366 days=1 leap year. VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS. The following estimate, by the Director of the Mint, of the values of foreign coins is proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the provisions of section 25 of the Act of August 28, 1894, to be the values of such coins in terms of the money of account of the United States, to be followed in estimating the value of all foreign merchandise exported to the United States on or after January 1, 1909, expressed in any of such metallic currencies: TO REDUCE CHAINS TO FEET.-For even chains, under column headed “Chains," find the number given, and the corresponding feet will be found opposite, under column headed "Feet." For links (or one-hundredth of a chain) proceed as if they were chains, and divide the result by 100. If the number given contains both chains and links, the sum of the two, found separately, will be the required number. |