Field service pocket book, 1914 / General Staff, War Office.

Date:
[1914]
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Credit: Field service pocket book, 1914 / General Staff, War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    261 12. Particular H’eiyhU. A firkin of butter i> soft soap A barrel of raisins .. (or piick; of soft soap.'.’.’ A iiniid of whole mealies crushed mealies Bag of coffee ■ rice (East India ) ’ Bale of coffee (Mocha) Barrel of beef I, butter ,, gunpowder ,, tar ’’ Bushel of coal Cask of rice (Americran) ... Chaldron of coal Chest of tea (Congou) Cross Uogshea<l of sugar Loaf, quartern Tierce of coffee '' ,, sugar Tub of butter = 56 lbs. = .. = 112 „ = 2Mi = 19(1 „ = 200 .. = li to IJ c*.vt. = about 1 j ewt. = 2 to 2J ewt. = 200 lbs. = 224 .. = loo „ = 26j gallons. = 80 lbs. = 6 cwts. = .16 bushels. = about 84 lbs. = 12doz. = 1.1 to 16 cwts. ^ 4 lbs. = 5 to 7 cwts. = 7 to 9 „ = 84 lbs. s. 13. Jluy uiul ISlratc. Truss of straw ,, old hay . ’ ,, new hav _ uq ” ' » «'V ..M i-y, 1» 14. of Coal, Wood, Jie. Anthracite, per cubic yard soli.l = Bituminous .. _ Cannel ,, ” _ Coal, stored in the usual way, solid ... .’’’ = A cubic foot fresh water weighs 1. salt ,, ... „ ash ” ,, beech „ birch ” I. cork i ’’ ,, elm ,, pine ’’’ ,, oak .. clay ’ ,, loo.se earth A cubic yard compressed hay „ hay in stack compressed straw „ straw in stack „ of grain = .16 lbs. = ,'>6 = 60 2,160 llw. 2,02.i 1,400 2,160 62* 1 6;tJ 49 4.1 49 15 ;i6 41 f)9 ]2;> 95 , alKtut FoHEIGN WeKJHT.S ASJ> MEASURti». 15. The .1/ef ric System used in- 2.1 lbs. 126 „ 145 ,. 90 ,. 20 bushels. Argentine Republic, Austria-IIungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria Chili, Colombia, Costa Kica, Ecuador, France. Germany CJreece Ilavti' Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Porti^al, Uumania, San Domingo’ VeueziieS! *=>''e'len, Tiirkey, United States (partially);