The Infant System eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 434 pages of information about The Infant System.

The Infant System eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 434 pages of information about The Infant System.

Wool Weight.

7 pounds     1 clove
2 cloves     1 stone
2 stones     1 tod
61/2 tods      1 wey
2 weys       1 sack
12 sacks     1 last

* * * * *

Wine Measure.

2 pints         1 quart
4 quarts        1 gallon
10 gallons      1 ank. brandy
42 gallons      1 tierce
63 gallons      1 hogshead
84 gallons      1 puncheon
2 hogsheads     1 pipe
2 pipes         1 ton

* * * * *

Ale and Beer Measure.
2 pints          1 quart
4 quarts         1 gallon
8 gallons        1 firkin of ale
9 gallons        1 firk. of beer
2 firkins        1 kilderkin
2 kilderkins     1 barrel
14 barrel        1 hogshead
2 barrels        1 puncheon
3 barrels        1 butt

* * * * *

Coal Measure.

4 pecks         1 bushel
9 bushels       1 vat or strike
3 bushels       1 sack
12 sacks        1 chaldron
91 chaldron     1 score

* * * * *

Dry Measure.

2 pints        1 quart
2 quarts       1 pottle
2 pottles      1 gallon
2 gallons      1 peck
4 pecks        1 bushel
2 bushels      1 strike
5 bushels      1 sack flour
8 bushels      1 quarter
5 quarters     1 wey or load
5 pecks        1 bushl. water measure
4 bushels      1 coom
10 cooms       1 wey
2 weys         1 last corn

* * * * *

Solid or Cubic Measure.

1728 inches     1 foot
27 feet         1 yard or load

* * * * *

Long Measure.

3 barleycorns     1 inch
12 inches         1 foot
3 feet            1 yard
6 feet            1 fathom
51/2 yards          1 pole or rod
40 poles          1 furlong
8 furlongs        1 mile
3 miles           1 league
20 leagues        1 degree

* * * * *

Cloth Measure.

24 inches      1 nail
4 nails        1 quarter
4 quarters     1 yard
5 quarters     1 English ell
3 quarters     1 Flemish ell
6 quarters     1 French ell

* * * * *

Land or Square Measure.

144 inches     1 foot
9 feet         1 yard
303/4 yards      1 pole
40 poles       1 rood
4 roods        1 acre
640 acres      1 mile

This includes length and breadth.

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Hay.

36 pounds      1 truss of straw
56 pounds      1 do. of old hay
60 pounds      1 do. of new hey
36 trusses     1 load

MONEY.

  Two farthings one halfpenny make,
  A penny four of such will take;
  And to allow I am most willing
  That twelve pence always make a shilling;
  And that five shillings make a crown,
  Twenty a sovereign, the same as pound. 
  Some have no cash, some have to spare—­
  Some who have wealth for none will care. 

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