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Dry Measure
The Winchester Half bushel, formerly used in England, contained 5965. Strength of Doses at Different 2150.42 cubic inches; this was superseded in Ages. The following gradations for doses of medicines apportioned to the age of the patient were originally drawn up by Gaubius.
Under years of a full dose. 15 “ 1 " 1 " “ 2 years " “ 3 " 1 " 6 “ 4 “ " 66 7 66 1 “ 66 14 66 “ 66 20 66 " Above 21 "the full dose. 66 66 66 63 77 100 66 " 66 " " 66 Dr. Young gives the following simple formula: For children under 12 years, the doses of most medicines must be diminished in the proportion of the age to the age increased by 12. Thus, at 2 years, the dose will be + of that for an adult, viz: 2 2+12= 1826 by the Imperial bushel of 2218.192 inches, or 80 pounds of distilled water at 620 Fahr., and the barometer at 30 inches. In the United States, the Winchester bushel of 2150.42 inches has been generally adopted , which holds 77.627413 pounds of distilled water at 39.83° Fahr., the temperature of its maximum density, and 30 inches barometric pressure. In New York the bushel is declared to contain 80 pounds distilled water at its maximum density, under the mean pressure of the atmosphere at the level of the sea. This would make the New York bushel contain 2216.128 cubic inches, somewhat less than the Imperial bushel, owing to the different standard of temperature of the water. the water .
The "small measure" used in the markets should contain 2 quarts, or + peck.
Quarter. Bushels. Pecks. Quarts.
Pints.
Capacity in Cubic Inches. 1=8=32 = 256 = 512 = 17203.36 1 = 4 = 2150.42 1 = 1 = 4 = 32 = 64 = 2150.42 1 = 8 = 16 = 537.605 1 = 2= 1 = 537.605 67.200 33.000 Sex, temperament, constitutional strength, 5971. Dry Measure expressed in Litres. 1 Bushel = 35.23661 Litres and the habits and idiosyncrasies of individuals, must be taken into account. Nor does the same rule apply to all medicines. Calomel, for instance, is generally borne better by children than by adults; while opium affects them more powerfully, and requires the dose to be diminished considerably below that inbelow that indicated above. 1 Bushel 1 Peck 1 Quart 1 Pint 35.23661 Litres 8.80915 “ 1.10114 66 .55057 66 5972. Relative Value of United States Dry Measure and Imperial Dry Measure.
United States. Imperial.
Imperial Bush. Pecks. Gals. Pints. 1 Quarter = .96945 quarter, or 7 3 0.36 1 Bushel = .96945 bushel, or 1 Peck = or or 3 1 6.04 1 7.51 1.94 .97 = .96945 peck, 1 Quart = .24236 gallon, or = .96945 pint, Weight of a Barrel of Various Some things which are sold by