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Miscellaneous Measures

16 ounces = I pound of flour. : 7 pounds ............ = I gallon. 14 pounds = I peck. 8 stones or II2 pounds. = I cwt.

IO stones = 1 boll. 14 stones or 196 pounds. = 1 bar. 20 stones or 2/2 cwt = 1 sack. weight.

A quartern loaf should weigh 4 lbs.; a bushel of flour weighs half a hundred- Cotton Yarn Measure.- 120 yards .... = 1 skein | 7 skeins.... = 1 hank | 18 hanks.. = 1 spindle. Linen Yarn Measure.- 300 yards 2 cuts ......... ....... = I cut. = I heer. 6 heers 4 hanks = I hank or hasp. = I spindle. = I thread 7 raps. = I hank. = I rap or lea.

Worsted Measure.- 36 inches... 80 threads.

Cloth Measure. - Used by dealers in cloth, carpets, ribbons, etc. 2 I/4 inches = I nail. 9 inches = 4 nails = I quarter. 36 inches....= 4 qrs ... = 1 yard. 45 inches... = .. ... = 5 qrs = 1 ell English. 6 qrs ...= 1 ell French. 27 inches....= 3 qrs....= 1 ell Flemish. 54 inches.

Wool Weight.- 7 pounds. = I clove. ...... 6½ tods = I way. 2 cloves 2 stones = I stone. 12 sacks. = I last. = I tod.

The pack weighs 240 lbs.

Hay and Straw Weight.- 36 pounds of straw = I truss. бo pounds of new hey = I truss.

I load. 56 pounds of old hay = I truss. 36 trusses Hay is called old after the first of September. A load of old hay should weigh 18 cwt.; a load of new hay 19 cwt. 32 lbs. A load of straw weighs II cwt. 64 lbs.

Coal Measure.- 4 pecks 3 bushels ...... = I bushel. 3 bushels = I sack. 2 sacks ....= 1 chaldron. 8 chaldrons. = 1 keel.

I chaldrons .....= I score. = I chaldron.

Coke Measure.- 4 bushels 12 sacks 4 bushels = I sack.

Paper and Books.- 24 sheets 10½ quires 20 quires ....... = I quire. = I token. 2 reams IO reams I ream.

Sizes of Flat Writing Papers, Card-Board. etc.- Letter Flat Cap Crown Demy Folio Post Medium Royal Imperial .. = I bundle.

I bale.

Inches. 10 X 16 Elephant Inches. .23X28 14 X 17 Columbia 23 X 34 X 19 Atlas. 26 X 33 16 × 21 Double Elephant 27 X 40 ..... 17 X 22 Antiquarian 3I X 53 18 X 23 Card-Board 22 X 28 I9 X 24 Colored Medium Cover-Papers 20×25 .23×31 Glazed and Plated Cover-Papers 20 X 24 Sizes of Books. -The various sizes of ordinary printed books are usually designated by the number of folds in a sheet of paper 19 × 24 inches, as follows :- When folded in 2 leaves, it is called Folio size. " " " " " 4 Quarto or 4to. " " 8 " " " Octavo or 8vo. “ " " 6.

I2 " Duodecimo or 12m0. " " 16 " " " Sixteenmo or 16mo.

When other sizes of paper are used, as in blank books, diaries, etc., the name representing the size of paper is prefixed to that designating the number of folds, as cap 8vo., crown quarto, demy, folio, etc.