Facts and figures for scholars / Shredded Wheat Co. Ltd.

  • Shredded Wheat Co.
Date:
[Between 1930 and 1936?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Facts and figures for scholars / Shredded Wheat Co. Ltd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AVOIRDUPOIS.. 16 drams = 1 ounce. 0z.). 16 ounces =1 pound (Ib.). 14 pounds = 1 stone. 28 pounds =1 quarter (qr.). 4 quarters = 1 hundred- 20 hundredweights = 1 ton. TROY WEIGHT. ; 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights — = 1 ounce (0z.). 12 ounces =1 pound (Ib.). jewels, etc. DRY MEASURE. 2 gallons =e peck: 4 pecks =1 bushel. 3 bushels =1 sack. 12 sacks =1chaldron. 8 bushels =1 quarter. 5 quarters == load. SUPERFICIAL MEASURE. 144 square inches = 1 sq. foot. 9 square feet =1 sq. yard. 30% square yards='1 sq. pole. 40 sq. poles =H sq. rood. 4 square roods = 1 acre. 640 acres =1sq. mile. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches=1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet =I1 cubic yard 1 Metre 1 Decametre 1 Hectometre 1 Kilometre As above. 10 metres. 100 metres. 1000 metres. LIQUID MEASURE. 4 gills = pink: 2 pints —— i Guatt 4 quarts =] gallon. 63 gallons =} hogshead. LINEAR MEASURE. 12 inches == f00t: 3 feet =P vard: 5% yards = 1 rod or pole. 40 poles =1 furlong. 8 furlongs ==] mile. 1 nautical mile =1-1515 mile. CLOTH MEASURE 23 inches = 1 nail 4 nails =] quarter 4 quarters a earn 3 quarters 1 Flemish Ell. 5 quarters = English Ell. 6 quarters =1 French Ell. MEASURES OF TIME. 60 seconds =] minute. 60 minutes A OTR 24 hours Mays 7 days =] week. 28 days =1 lunar month. 28, 29, 30 or 31 days =1 calendar month. 365 days = year: 366 days =] leap year. 1 Decimetre ... 1 Centimetre ... 1 Millimetre ... 1/10th of a metre. 1/100th of a metre 1/1000th of a metre. ten metres long. 1 Are 100 Square Metres. 1 Decare 10 Ares 1 Hectare 100 Ares 1 Deciare . 1/10th of an Are 1 Centiare . 1/100th of an Are Or metre carre (square metre)
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