Wrinkles and notions for every household / by Mrs. De Salis.

  • De Salis, Mrs. (Harriet Anne)
Date:
1890
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Wrinkles and notions for every household / by Mrs. De Salis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A Ton in weight is 20 cwt. of iron, &c.; but in lead there is 19£ cwt., called a fodder, which is 2,184 lb. A Tod of wool is 28 lb. A Pack of ditto, 2401b. 4 lb. avoirdupois is equal to 5 lb. troy, nearly. A Firkin of butter, 50 lb. A Pipe of Port, 115 imperial gallons. „ of Lisbon, 117 imperial gallons. „ of Cape or Madeira, 92 imperial gallons. ,, of Teneriffe, 100 imperial gallons. A dozen articles is equal to 12. 12 dozens equal to 1 gross. 12 gross make 1 great gross. 5 score make 1 hundred. 24 sheets equal 1 quire. 20 quires make 1 ream. A Quintal of fish is 100 lb. A Load of bricks, 500, and plain tiles, 1,000. 8 lb., 1 stone of meat. 1 kilog. (French), 2 lb. 3oz. Diamonds are weighed by Carats, 151^ to 1 ounce troy. Oranges, lemons, corks, and a few other articles, are often sold by the Gross. Nails, tacks, &c., have six score to the hundred. Fruit, potatoes, and other vegetables, formerly sold by measure, are now commonly sold by weight. A solid yard of well-wrought clay will make 160 bricks. Thirty-two common bricks cover a square yard. A common brick must not be more than 9 inches long, 4^ inches wide, and 2^ inches thick. Plain tiles should be 104 inches long, 6-f wide, | inch thick. Sheet lead is from 6 lb. to 10 lb. to the square foot. A pipe of an inch bore is commonly 131b. or 14 lb, to the yard in length. An imperial gallon of whale or seal oil should weigh 9 lb.; of sperm oil, 8 lb. 10 oz. The log-line is about 150 fathoms in length, or 900 feet long. It is usually divided into eight equal spaces called knots. A rod is 16£ feet, or 5| yards. A mile is 320 rods. A mile is 1,760 yards. A mile is 5,280 feet. A square foot is 144 square inches. A square yard contains 9 square feet. A square rod is 272,square feet. An acre contains 43,560 square feet. An acre contains 4,840 square yards. An acre contains 160 square rods. A section, or square mile, contains 640 acres. A quarter section contains 160 acres. An acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods long. An acre is 10 rods wide by 16 rods long An acre is about 208;] feet square. A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches A pint of water weighs 1 lb. A solid foot of water weighs 62£ lbs. A gallon of water holds 231 solid inches. A gallon of milk weighs 8 lb. and 10 oz.
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