POCKET COMPANION. 27 Tables of Weights and Measures. TROY Yv^EIGHT. 24 grains make 1 pennyweight, 20 pennyweights make 1 ounce. By this weight gold-, silver and jewels only are weighed. The ounce and pound in this are the. same as in Apothecaries' weight. APOTHECARIES1 WEIGHT. 20 grains make 1 scruple, 3 scruples make 1 drachm, 8 drachms make 1 ounce, 12 ounces make 1 pound. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 16 drams make 1 ounce, 16 ounces make 1 pound, 25 pounds make 1 quarter, 4 quarters make 100 weight, 2000 pounds make 1 ton. DRY MEASURE. 2 pints make 1 quart, 8 quarts make 1 peck, 4 pecks make 1 bushel, 36 bushels make 1 chaldron. LIQUID OR WINE MEASURE. 4 gills make 1 pint, 2 pints make 1 quart, 4 quarts make 1 fallon, 31% gallons make 1 barrel, 2 barrels make 1 h'ogs-ead. TIME MEASURE. 60 seconds make 1 minute, 60 minutes make 1 hour, 24 hours make 1 day, 7 days make 1 week, 4 weeks make 1 lunar month, 28,29, 30 or 31 days make 1 calendar month, (30 days make 1 month in computing interest), 52 weeks and 1 day, or 12 calendar months make 1 year, 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 49 seconds make 1 solar year. CIRCULAR MEASURE. 60 seconds make 1 minute, 60 minutes make 1 degree, 30 degrees make 1 sign, 90 degrees make 1 quadrant, 4 quadrants or 360 degrees make 1 circle. LONG MEASUREDISTANCE. 3 barleycorns 1 inch, 12 inches 1 foot, 3 feet 1 yard, h% yards 1 rod, 40 rods 1 furlong, 8 furlongs 1 mile. CLOTH MEASURE. 2% inches 1 nail, 4 nails 1 quarter, 4 quarters 1 yard. MISCELLANEOUS. 3 inches 1 palm, 4 inches 1 hand, 6 inches 1 span, 18 inches 1 cubit, 21.8 inches 1 Bible cubit, %% feet 1 military pace. SQUARE MEASURE. 144 square inches 1 square foot, 9 square feet 1 square yard, 30X square yards 1 square rod, 40 square rods 1 rood, 4 roods 1 acre. SURVEYORS1 MEASURE. 7.92 inches 1 link, 25 links 1 rod, 4 rods 1 chain, 10 square chains or 160 square rods 1 acre, 640 acres 1 square mile. CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches 1 cubic foot, 27 cubic feet 1 cubic yard, 128 cubic feet 1 cord (wood), 40 cubic feet 1 ton (shipping), 2150.42 cubic inches 1 standard bushel, 268.8 cubic inches 1 standard gallon, 1 cubic foot four-fifths of a bushel.
