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A Handbook of Measures: Varas

United States Land Measure.- I section (United States) = I square mile = 640 acres. I township (United States) = 36 sections = 6 miles square = 36 square miles. I Vara = 2.75 lineal feet. 66 50 Varas lot" 50 Varas square 18,906.25 square feet = = 434 acres "100 Varas lot" = 100 Varas square = 75,625 square feet = 1736 acres. I Legua land (Mexican) = 678.17 square miles = 4340.5-18 acres.

I hand = 4 inches.

I span = 9 inches.

I fathom = 6 feet.

I cable length = 120 fathoms = 720 feet.

Gunter's Chain.- 9.72 inches = I link. 100 links = 1 chain, 4 rods or 22 yards. 80 chains = I mile.

Solid or Cubic Measure. - Used in measuring Solid Bodies and Spaces having Length, Breadth, and thickness, or Depth; as Timber, Stone, Wood, Ships, etc. 1728 cubic inches. 27 cubic feet. = I cubic foot. = I cubic yard. 16 cubic feet. = I cord foot of wood. 128 cubic feet, or 8 cord feet = I cord of wood. 161½ cubic feet = I perch. 40 cubic feet = 1 ton, United States shipping. 42 cubic feet I ton, British shipping. 40 ft. of round timber, or 50 ft. of hewn timber = ton or load. Dry Measure.-Applicable to all Articles not Liquid, Bought and Sold by Measure, such as Grain, Salt, Coal, etc. 4 gills 2 pints 4 quarts .. = I pint. = I quart.... = 67 cubic inches. = I gallon = 2 gallons I bushel. = 268 cubic inches. = I peck. 8 quarts .... 4 pecks 8 bushel 36 bushels. = I quarter. = I chaldron.

An even and struck Winchester (or United States bushel) = 2150.42 cubic inches. The English or imperial struck bushel I imperial bushel 3 imperial bushels. = 2218.192 cubic inches. = = 8 imperial bushels or 814 United States bushels (nearly) = 5 English quarters Water Measure.- I cubic foot = 622 lbs. or 614 gallons.

I cubic foot sea water = 64 lbs, or 614 gallons.

I imperial gallon = 10 lbs. or 277 cubic inches. 224 gallons = 20 cwt. or 36 cubic feet. 1.0315 U. S. bushels. = I English sack. 1 English quarter. = I English load.

A column of water, 12 inches high, 1 inch square = 0.43 lb. A similar column, I inch diameter = 0.34 lbs.

I cylindrical foot = 4.9 gallons or 49 lbs.

An inch rain fall = 14/2 million gallons per square mile. 8 cubic feet snow produces I cubic foot water.

Current requires minimum fall, 1 of inch per mile.

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