The ready reference blotter : containing desk information, calendar for three years, domestic animals: how to keep them well and treat them when ill, English dictonary, atlas, ready reckoner, address book, at 'home' days, &c / The Molassine Company Limited.
- Molassine Company Limited.
- Date:
- [1909?]
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Credit: The ready reference blotter : containing desk information, calendar for three years, domestic animals: how to keep them well and treat them when ill, English dictonary, atlas, ready reckoner, address book, at 'home' days, &c / The Molassine Company Limited. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Indian Money, Weights, and = ALE AND BEER MEASURE. British Coinage. epints make x quart. 2 kilderkins make x barrel The authorised Coinage of the United Kincdom Measures. for 3, IV for 4, and VI for 6, XL for 40, LXX for 70, 4quarts ,, 1 gallon. 1,barrel ,, a«hhd. — eonsists of the following pieces, some of which are MONEY. Stg. value atexch, and so on. Our forefathers displayed considerable 9ggallons ,, x firkin. 2hogsheads ,,_ x butt. issued only on special occasions :— : of 1s, 4d.=R.x, ingenuity and eccentricity in the arrangement of these 2firkins ,, xkilderkin, 144 Quarts ,, xrbarrel, ——______ Tpla pees ee Hh we r-12d symbols, so much so that they often prove a vexatious Practically, the only measures in use are gallons and 3.pie ' =r pice, / . . . 4d. puzzle to our modern bibliogra ce but the above paloe the others are merely nominal; for example, eee Standard Least mpie =ranna pete rd. simple explanation is sufficient for all purposes. in the hogshead of 54 gallons, old measure, contains but Denomination. Weicht. Current | Remedy, 56 diilias en rupee 4 bi ike aw hig 4d Gece DAS CAMEnES DUEP' 52 gallons, x quart, x pint, and 3’55 gills imperial eo | Weight. 16 rupees=r gold mohur, . 4x 4s, 4d. ® : measure, and of wine six nominal quarts go to the A lac is 100,000 rupees. Population, Births, and gallon. WEIGHTS. : ? _, MISCELLANEOUS. : GoLb: grains, grains. grains. The principal weights are the seer and the mawnd Deaths— Cities. A dicker of hides, 10 skins ; a last of hides, 20 dickers. Five Pound, . | 616°37239 | 612°s0000 x'00000 (or man), and these vary considerably in different Population and rates per thousand of births, and one te measured by the barrel of 263, or cran of ave Pound, . | 246754895 | 24€°00000 | 0*40000 ae of India. In Bombay the ordinary maund is 88 deaths for 1904. 37 nS, overeign, « | 123°27447 122°50000 o'20000_~—s bs. avoir., and contains 40 to 42 seers; in Madras the A pocket of hops, average weight about 14 cwt. to Half-Sovereign, | 61°63723 6r°12500 | o*10000 maund is usually equivalent to 2s Ibs. ; in Bengal, 221bs, Cities and ri Rate per 1000. 2 cwt., a bag of hops nearly % cwt. SILVER: INEAL MEASURE. Boroughs. Population, oy bushel re See ay shel ase : _ Crown, . 436°35363 me 181818 These vary throughout India. In Northern India _ Births. |_ Deaths: solid yard o' = -wrouglit clay will make 160 bricks ; Double Florin,. + | 349°09¢90 ie 1°45454 the beegah contains 3025 sq. yards, or ths ofan acre; London,. 4,648,950 27°9 16°6 2 common bricks cover a square yard. A common Half-Crown, . | 218°18181 aS x'90909 _~—«in Bengal, 1000 sq. yards, or little more than %4rd of an Croyd 6° 8 rick must not be more than 9 inches long, 44 inches Florin, . «| 174'54545 5 0°72727_~=—«acre. Ncheaiael ie Sir John Malcolm, the smallest Wilk eae aN Pee cee pee a wide, and 24 inches thick, x rod of brickwork=2724 = Shilling, . .| 87'27272 0°36363_. beegah is 14rd and the largest 34rds of an acre. rae oe eS Beas pees ies a Siluatle feet. Sixpence, 2] 4y6g6g6 | 2 oseree acct Wal kag! eiant acy eis come cee square foot is 144 square inches. A square yard Groat, aie $e . Ag eae . p x i contns 9 square feet. An acre ones Meese Threspeace, 2e'828e8 s? eee | Income or Wages. pte) ay ep an ae square feet, or 48 ‘ i : rs Soha ane ta . * ‘ Barars mile, conta Gereee ie as GEES Os Fouaeecns : hae “ eae: Per Year. | Per Month, | Per Week. | Per Day. Walthamstow, . 111,282 32°5 12°2 A solid foot contains 1728 solid inches; a solid foot of BRONZE: oe 303! : : Birkenhead, . . 114,814 33°2 19°6 water hg er 624 lbs. A pint of water weighs ap- Penny, Fs . | 145°83333 2°91666 4s ad, As. di Ae Sind: Bs. d. cee 5 . 537,965 31'6 19'9 proximately 14 lbs. ‘A pint of pure water weighs a Halfpenny, .| 8750000 = 1°75000 zQ0 Ont 0 0 4% 0 0 of = ackburn, . . 132s134 she aoe pound and: a quarter.” This refers to an imp. pint. Farthing. 43°75000 , 687200 110 0 o 2 6 007 @ Oz olton, . . . 175,744 20 tee; An imp. gallon of water contains 277.274 cub. inches, Sb 3 a 75 SOMONE) EOS 04 o 0 9 O10-7 Bradford, . . 285,089 2a'k a7i6 A pack of wool=240 Ibs, A flask of mercury=7o lbs, 220 0 3:6 009 OQ. O12 Brighton, . . 126,286 23°5 es METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. STANDARD GOLD contains eleven-twelfths of fine - 210 © 0 4 2 o o1th Baie” 18 PROT ied eee oy @: LINEAL MEASURE. metal and one-twelfth of alloy; fineness, 916°65, 3.20 .0 050 Oo 1 13 o 0 2 Oe Ys - 3 100;5 aa es yds, ft, in. Twenty troy gers of standard gold are coined into Buse o 5 3 Or 2% oOo 2 care Tus ee oe oe to millimetres, or 0 © 0°3937=1 centimetre. 934 sovereigns and one half-sovereign. 3.709 ee) te On eae: Cy owes pe the ae . : zocentimetres ,, © © 3°9370=1 decimetre. at oe Se oe of thirty-seven fortieths 4 0 : 0 6 8 or 6} oo 2 bomen ea ee S44 AP zo decimetrés I 0 3°3708=1 metre. of fine metal and three-fortieths of alloy ; fineness, 925. 4 4 070 o. 73 0 0 2 Halle 2 . 2 26 = 1B SA ated xo 2 9°7079=1 decametre. One troy pound of standard silver is coined into 66 410 0 o7 6 or 8 09 3 eee 253,805 3 zo decametres Ke to9 I 1'079 =x hectometre, Shillings. (There is legaily another, called the ‘‘ New 5 00 o 8 4 | QO. Y°LE oo 34 Leeds, . « 5 450,142 28°0 18'0 xo hectometres ”, 1093 1 10°79. =r kilometre. Bercy oles! Britannia, of the fineness of x1 0z. 10 dwt., 5 3 3 o 8 9 Oo 2 og 0 0 3% REA Stee, AEE ae ae SURFACE, OR SQUARE MEASURE. ae on yeneyt London, it has not been used 3 78 6 Bete, te Ane So 2° Manchester, >; 557,938 303 2r°3 acres. sq. y 2 660 6 H Wewcastle, . . 225,362 30°5 19°4 1oo centiares, or o 119 -aeae=t are. aa ace Seas ce Od of PM ae aE aa 610 0 3 ee 10 i PF 2 . ‘ OR Norwich, os 2 115,538 27°6 182 roo ares +» 2 2280°3326=1 hectare. ifs f 4 oo m8 2. Nottingham 248,811 27°77 177 pennies, 80 halfpennies, or 160 farthings. 7 i} o 2 8&4 oo 4 ae y a A centiare measures 1°196033 sq. yard, THE “ REMEDY” is the amount of variation in fine- Eel base ears 13) ao 6, omge “Oldham, aii Wals = 139,497 24'9 Be SOLID MEASURE. ness and weight permitted. 7 10 Oo o12 6 o 2 104 0) is Plymouth, . F] 114,003 25°4 18'5 cub. ft. ‘ TOKENS.—No person is allowed to coin any token Boro Deh Ore o o 54 FPortsmouth,. . 198,038 ae Biche: ro centisteres, or ES *5317=1 decistere. to pass for, or as representing, bronze or other money, SON Ore Olean pcg ates 0 o 5% Preston. . . 115,055 cate 19:2 ro decisteres ,, 35°317 = Stere. under a penalty of £20. a 810 0 or4 2 Og 3 6 o 54 #Rhondda, . , 122,310 39°8 19°r A centisicre measures 610°28 cubic inches. LIGHT GOLD.—Any person to whom it is tendered 900 015 0 0 3 5% oo 6 Salford,, . .« 228,983 31'8 aria CAPACITY. my break, cut, or deface any gold coin below the aa) 015 9 ° 3 78 oo 64 sranet, 3 432,940 Bap ae gals. qts. pints. Current weight, po, ae o 16 : ° 3 a 0 0 63 een ere : beg 34°0 aa : ilitr A 010 0 or ° cs 0, 0 ‘ : ro millilitres, or 0 © o°0176077= {? nagar 55 ps oe eae pees oe eet Ir 070 (o} 8 4 ° 4 22 Cue) 74 Sunderland, ‘ : 151,157 34°5 28 ste x decilitre, or 100 LEGAL TENDER OF MONEY.—The tender of Bank ir ir 0 019 3 © 4 54 coro tay Edinburgh, . : 331,977 23°4 és & tocentilitres ,, © © 0176077 =) cub. c. of England Notes is legul in England and Wales for 1250 50 ro 0 Ondtaies oo 8 Glasgow, Sea 798,357 ste 24) it os 1 litre, or cub. every purpose, and by any bank (except by the Bank of Ne 9) ao 0 410) sjouome 84/ Aberdeen) 5 pO ree ee hs zo decilitres 4, © © 070077 = cent. Eland). No one, however, can be compelled to give LS) 118 Wie CU Tras Epo Rg 163,535 abe oe li “4 _fx decalitre, or change, Gold ofthe full weight isalegaltendertoany 13 33 © I 2.9 Opis oo, 9°. Dublin, 378,994 Be eds z0\btres yy 2. (O44 0077 S— {> centistere: amount, Silver is not a legal tender for sums over two 24, 00 Ep dint o 5 4% Peon 2, Belfast, pio a 358;680 37 Oe li , {x hectolitre, or pounds, nor bronze for sums over one shilling, while 14 14 0 EE GOK 0 5 7 0 0 9; Calcutta, ye po 910,117 16°7 axe ro decalitres ,, 22 0 0077 ={ decistere. farthings are not alegal tender for morethansixpence, 15 © 0 eS ge: agli: Red er ar hihi D5 Tie aie oe r kilolitre, or OLD ENGLISH MONEY. 15 15 0 thes o 6 oF o oof Madras,. . . 509,346 4o'r 37'9 zo hectolitres ,, 220 0 0°77 = stere, or cubic Angel, ros.; Noble, 6s.8d.; Moidore, 27s.; Carolus,238.3 16 0 0 Epes) o 6 12 o o1os Sydney,. . . 511,030 25°9 LS metre. Guinea, 21s. ; Jacobus, 258.5 ‘Johannes, 365.5 Tester, 6d.3 16 16 0 re 8.0 o 6 = Oo OIL Brisbane, . . 124,463 26'S I's A millilitre measures ‘00x76 of a pint, or ‘0000275 of }~=—- Groat, 4d, 17 00 ee! ° 6 s me) “3 aad Saati eee oe sie a bushel. SCOTS MONEY 17 17 0 E989 o 61 omen BEEN g 3 : WHICHT Was abolished, AVES by the Articles 18 0 0 Beane Oe Gels op one e ASRS oc 548,974 20 =D To Gee, Grane of Union; but the ‘valued rent” of lands, and, in 18 18 o rir . 0 7 34 eS at ee 3 ‘ be me oe BS a1) Sap as * many places, the feu-duties t 29. (OO halt ORFs Me beg 9 a zomilligrammes, or oc 0 aeoseasear gentierane: ae varonhial eeu Set teckened By Bod an 8 ce 113 4 ° 7 3 Ox) i) Berlinja wees 1,972,045 24°8 16°9 3 pre Me 5 rs ee a SES e ae: pound, or the merk, BGots, though paid in sterling go 0 0 210 0 oO Ir & ot 7 Boston, Sea : 614,522 ie ae i z = : money, Pence Stg. 40 0 0 } 3 6 8 o15 45 0 2 23 reslau, . . 3 451,740 31 23 re Ee ata ous vant tect orraninns By bie Ponprencaye ame Ree ee ee eee a i rece ee tohectogrammes,, 2 3 4°38 =r kilogramme, odles lack or groat, 3 CORO MO MRL aro oe pga es et HoecAvreS z a S27 E . A milligramme measures ‘c1g43 of a grain. 3 placks awbee. . % 20500 alas 16 8 ae o 310 Buenos Ayres, . 960,31 34t Ae § 543 OF a Bre 12 pennies REIS AP RS pau a ae ec see ae Cairo, . . «| — 636,002 4u1 377 To CONVERT METRIC TO ENGLISH MEASURES 20 shillings =1 pound, . . 20 g0 0 0 |} 710 0 II4 7% o 4114 Chicago, . “ 1.932315 , 13 AND WEIGHTS. 13 shillings and 4 pennies=1 merk, .*-, 33 100 0 8 , 8 6 8 118 3 Ong si ake eae 2 ane faded Ea aL _Tosonvre pn; ouicesatcrapots mlily g Somanaaee Se MRNA So 3 | 24 | gigly| Sie basin”. <| ree | gs | ap y 20 and divide by 567. . : 2 5 ok The Hague, . : 28° 152 Te. a kilogrammes to pounds, multiply by 7099 ay, lo gall ined tao Ae eset Bas vate courts of Lae 4 e 2 S é a 3 4 : ; i eae oo ee 28 3g and divide by 454. nae. 600 0 oO 50 0 0 Ir31o of 112104 Milan i - 514,869 26°97 20°9 b To convert Piitres to gallons, multiply by 22 and divide - qoo 0 0 58.6 8 13 9 a iW. Srl ee Moscow, ony te 1,092,360 5} 27°6 y 100. Fee c : 800 0 oO 66 13 4 157 8 2 310 unich, . ‘5 M 524,000 20 20° To convert litres to pints, multiply by 88 and divide Slang Térms for Money. goo 0 0 ) 17 6 si 2 9 32 New Orleans, ; J eo 4 ae by 50. In addition to the ordinary terms, there are others 1000 0 © 83.6 8° | 19 4 7g | 2 th 04 NewYork, . , 3,450,000 229 22'6 Pia eee millimetres to inches, multiply by roand which, although puzzling to a foreigner, are tolerably é ae, init ‘ 2,750,009 19°5 ie vide by 254. 1 a d,a D ry Peis 5 <3 7 $ 5 wade nia, « 0 1,408,154 an 18°. To convert metres to yards, multiply by 70 and we ge cee te Oe ea ae oY aad in Railway Turhels in Britain Pecan, i ale 430. ws 23'2 re divide by 64 | England, not worth a ‘“mag”—coins which have ne Over onemile in length=1760 yards. Yardg, Rio de Janeiro, . 8=0,000 a 22°0 The metre is the fundamental unit of measurement, existence, Such a man will toss you fora “bob,” Hé Severn Great Western, ssersseeseerer 7664 Rome, . . « 461,267 25'2 18°7 and is considered to be the ten millionth part of the of course, would be shunned by the lady who lost a Totl YOY, Midland, ; ae 6.00 Rotterdam, . . 363,930 35°2 14°7 et ey from the Pole to the Equator. * pony’ on last year’s ‘ Oaks,” and b y tet husband Suhre Weasel oxthe MOTT cc saescqgue oot 5342 St. Louis, a 685,000 ne 16'S Pa ere the mere peceure the ae aes of who lost a monkey” on the “ Darby Mat Epsom two Woodhead, .+ss++-Manchester atid Sheffield,..., 52¢7 St. Petersburg, .| 1,372,660 29°7 237 1 Sozeah, ten ane irs hes toe cube of ts Seth aa preriaay A eevoaaa EOS nee | oreo oe ae ee The thousandth part of the weight of a litre of dis- wretch who begs a few coppers” in order iotrcease paleorh geet Soria: Western ve Sn ee a os TKISHOVTs eA 789,328 ae 28 tilled water is used as a unit of weight—the gramme. _—_a ed has generally no “blunt.” The following terms been tei : Mi il d zm aa Bs Turin, | ee 6,052 Sa 150 One eeepc square metres are used as the unit of are commonly ii use :— S sighs oA cle Sontcnetonn, hos Sai oe Vv renice, : : 7 Se 26°5 ets superficial measures—the ave. 10,000=hectare, A pony=£2s. Rhondda a . + Rhondda and ‘Swansea Bay,.. 3443 Viehina; .. 202 3 Vienna, ._ «4 797,992 F283] 183 992 28°3 18°3, The multiples of these, proceeding in decimal pro- A key= , h-W. KR gression, are indicated by the Greek prefixes; the A bob= monkey 2500 Morley, ..+...0++.- North-Western, ssssseeseesess S350 sub-divisions by the Latin prefixes, representin t ODIs. A kite=an accommModa- Box, ..:....+.++++-Great Western, ....see.esethy 1 POPULATION. hundreds, thousands, etc » TED es tens, Half a buil=es. 6d. tion bill. Littleborough, .... Lancashire and Yorkshité),.., 286) Of England § iid Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in 185t : A Se. Browns=ceppet orbronze Shepherd’s Well,..Chatham and Dovey ..seesse- 2660 oor, ad Islands in British Seas in 1851 r901.* : te Nees at a LBA fey aan len Sapperton, Great Wester Seaver 2800 ENGLAND J » brass, ¢ thino, the . At 2 Ish rrincipal Creeds of the World. oof, spoof, pel dollars=money gewerally. Mersey, eS rr Mperee ges S700 AN Males. | Females. | Total, THEIR NUMERICAL STRENGTH. Bleamoor, ...-s++++Mi i oe Fase se eea ay nstzOG0 WALES. Buddhism, +. 457,000,000 Brahmanism, 170,0c0.u°0 Foreign Money. és HA ueensburys So Great Northern,...+.+eeeeves- 2502 Christianity, .” 422,000,000 Confucianism, 216000,-00 Austria,...,.100 k¥@uzers=x Aorin = 111% ilsby,.....ss++».. North-Western, .. . 1851 8,781,225 9,246,384 | 17,927,609 Mohammeclanism, 214,000,000 Sintoism, . 13,000,000 Belgium,..... roo Céhtinyés=r franc =o 9%. ove Holes, sectnohugend ay sh ae © 1861 9:776,259 |, 20,289,965 | 20,066,224. Judaism,, . , 8,000,000 Canada, ete., 100 ‘Cents='r dollar = 4°2 Oxted, eran 500l), Now ta pn Joint : 1871 11,058,934 | 14,653,332 | 2 ,712,266) ides .....-t00 Condarenes=r10 mace=x tael= 6 6 Phe eA rea, AN pec neti? sennnnee : reer 12,639,902 | 73,334,537 25,974,439) lenmark,....100 Cre=r krone =I Home na South Cos : 1891 14,052,908 | 14,949,624 | 29,002,325, How to Read your Gas Meter, France,...... hae tentimes=r franc =o 4 Ciayeoer oo eaten ree: Coast, «.. 22c0 é 190r 15,721,728 | 16,804,347 | 32,526,075, Jilliard=r1oo0o million francs=£ 40,000,000 ie f pesos ¥ COTLAND— Germany, ....Imperial Mark=100 pfennings = 1 ’o Sydemiatny. “Chatham and DOV er-« + 2049 1851 1,375,479 1,513,263 2,888,742 Greece, ...+..100 lepti=1 franc =o 9% oi Co paves iugand. pads epee heen ees 186 1,449,848 | 1,612,446 | 3,062,294 Holland,.....100 cents, or 20 stivers=x florin = 1 8 Sone ag Tear Eaten BETES aa 1875 1,603,143 1,756,875 3,360,018 HeGlg,».»~-n2.x00 Centesimi=sy lira =0 914 Honiton, ,..s+e+2.South-Western, ....... SENG eA IDOE 188% 1,799475 | 1,936,098 ee Norway, .....100 ore=1 krone = Aglte eo 25 WMerethan Brighton and South Coast, ao50 i8qr 1,942,717 2,082,930 4,025,047 Bete Teo es bl S435 inay. vosSitens ‘Midland eee 1Eo6 I 1901 2,173,755 2,298.3 8 4,472,103 Ussid, ......100 copecs=1 silver rouble =3 2 M:dford SCout Westen Sum nee NGS RELAND— Spain,.......100 centimes=1 peseta =0 9% pul ele Midland. . Sie Soe EG es 1851 3,190,630 3,361,755 6,552,385: Sweden,......100 ore=1 krone y or sage areata : ODOSOO 26 2,836, 2,961,58 798,504: Switzerland, 100 rappen, or centimes=1 franc= E a ci ie pe egy ee rash rie) es on pee i area 5.402.377 Turkey, .....40 paras=r piastre 1% to 24d, Oe ae z ans Sime 18x 2,533:277 2,641,559 5»174,830 n United States 100 cents=r dollar =4 2 : tor 2,318,953 2,385,797 4,704,750 -al's tues oh Dil sepewent hundreds thas on so dears eagle =i 3 Roman Numerals. ogee, | Bibra | BBERI | Shes sands of cubic feet of gas consumed. Thus, the Saat Noe zener and ready, but for ordinary pur- — These: have been used. largely in printing the dates Gavcueecd 66,834 76,272 143,126 on the dials indicate the consumption of forty-two Doses, sufficiently accurate. mode of computing the. onthe title pages.of books, especially old. books, 7204 66.140 7, 507 143 447 thousand seven hundred cubic feet of gas; us value of a number of American dollars is to divide by the headings. of chapters and clauses, and on the 66. EN) z 638} The hiand $ 5, thus, roo dollars are about equivalent to £20 sterling; , é Put. briefly the fol- 1874 Voie ese RHA SS on‘Dial A indicates 700 cubic fe dia's of clocks and watches, ete. Put y 08 ra B 700 cubic feet. 42.700 25 of French, Belgian, Swiss, and Greek francs of jowing are the. characters, with their relative values: 1885 seuees 75379 aie BaD aR aricahyias 200 ” ubic —_Ttalian liras, and of Spanish pesetas may be reckoned _j=r, V=s, X=10, L=so, C=100, D or I9=s00, 1891 69,555 78,287 147,842' brite neste? den 1 40,000 feet. at nearly of the value of an English sovereign; the M or CIj=1000. MCMVI=.i906, When the char- 190r 70,691 79,908 150,599 4 l times shows the quantity that h 9 Sor ES 5 passed through the meter since it wa: qua aby hat has Austrian florin may be considered ag about equal acter is followed,.by another of less or equal value, *Exclusive of the Army and Navy and Merchant ducting fro: S first set: by des. to two oe the. German imperiat mark, une the mumiber expressed dei otes the sum of their seamen abroad, who numbered in 185, 212,194 + in g from which the amount that has alread had the mim CXPIgSse! QtEs paid for, s already Leed shilling. tee st pout sian single values but when jreceded by one of less valu 1861, 250,356} in 1871, 276,005, im u88r,, 215,374, In. 182%, it Stgmifies the <liMercuce. Ver instance, HI stands](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33446258_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
