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Liquid Measure

This is used for all liquids which are sold by measure. The United States Government standard gallon, 1 Quart adopted by the Treasury Department in 1832, 1 Pint has a capacity of 231 cubic inches, and con- 5973. tains 58,372.2 troy grains of distilled water, Articles . at 39.83° Fahr., the temperature of its maxof its maximum density. Gal. Quarts. Pints. Gills. Cubic Inches. = 231 57.75 1 = 4 = 8 32 = 1 = 2 = 8 1 = 4 28.875 1 1 = 7.2175 A Barrel contains = = weight or measure are also sold by the Barrel, the quantity being different for different articles. The weights are here given. For rice, 600 pounds. Flour, 196 pounds. Powder, 25 pounds. Corn, as bought and sold in Kentucky, Tennessee, &c., 5 bushels of shelled corn. As bought and sold at New Orleans , a 31½ gallons. flour-barrel full of ears. Potatoes, as sold in New York, a barrel contains 24 bushels.

Pork, a barrel is 200 pounds, distinguished in quality by "clear," "mess," "prime." A barrel of beef is the same weight. 42 5974. Weight of a Bushel of Various A Tierce " " A Puncheon "2 tierces, or 84 “ A Hogshead "2 barrels, or 63 " A Pipe "2 hogsheads, or 126 “ A Tun "2 pipes, or 252 ،، with Apothecaries Measure. The gallon and pint are the same in both measures. A liquid gill contains 4 fluid ounces, or 32 fluid drachms, or 1920 minims. plied to a certain arbitrary weight varying with different articles. Wheat, beans, potatoes, and clover seed, 60 pounds to the bushel Corn, rye, flax-seed, and onions, 56 pounds.

Liquid Measure Compared Commodities. The term bushel is also ap- Corn on the cob, 70 pounds. Buckwheat, 52 5979. Decimal Equivalents of Fractional pounds. Barley, 48 pounds. Hemp seed, 44 pounds. Timothy seed, 45 pounds. Castor Parts of an Inch.

Parts of beans, 46 pounds. Oats, 35 pounds. Bran, Decimals. an Inch.

Decimals.

Parts of an Inch. .03125 = .53125 20 pounds. Blue grass seed, 14 pounds. 32 .06250 1 .56250 16