 | Luke Hebert - Industrial arts - 1835 - 938 pages
...Solidity. 1728 cubic inches = 1 cubic foot 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard. Imperial Measure! of Capacity. 4 gills = 1 pint 2 pints =1 quart 4 quarts = 1 gallon 2 gallons = 1 peck , 8 gallons = 1 bushel = 2218$ 8 bushels = 1 quarter = 10J cubic feet nearly 5 quarters... | |
 | Charles Vere - Foreign exchange - 1836 - 126 pages
...quart 4 quarts =1 gallon 36 gallons = 1 barrel 54 gallons = 1 hogshead 3 barrels ., . = 1 butt CORN MEASURE. 2 pints = 1 quart 8 quarts = 1 peck 4 pecks = 1 bushel 8 bushels = 1 quarter 5 quarlers = 1 load CLOTH MEASURE. 4 nails =1 quarter 4 quarters = 1 yard STANDARD... | |
 | William Lane (of Worthing.) - 1845 - 138 pages
...A coom 4 bushels A last of corn 10 quarters STANDARD MEASURE OF CAPACITY. 5 ounces of water 1 gill 4 gills 1 pint 2 pints 1 quart 4 quarts 1 gallon 2 gallons 1 peck 4 pecks or 8 gallons 1 bushel 8 bushels 1 quarter 5 quarters 1 load APOTHECARIES'... | |
 | Harvey Prindle Peet - 1849 - 438 pages
...posts and twelve rail*.) How many loads will these posts and rails make, fifty to one load ? Lesson 19. Dry Measure. 2 pints = 1 quart. 8 quarts = 1 peck 4 pecks = 1 bushel. A barrel is about three bushels. Questions. How much can you get for a bushel of whortleberries at... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - 1851 - 116 pages
...quarter at 25 pounds ; but in the standard of the General Government theytare reckoned as abo ire. DRY MEASURE. 2 pints = 1 quart. 8 quarts = 1 peck. 4 pecks = 1 bushel. "* 9* LIQUID MEASURE 4 gills = 1 pint. 2 pints = 1 quart. 4 quarts = 1 gallon. LONG MEASURE. CLOTH... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1852 - 228 pages
...measure of 30°. M. Dry Measure is used for measuring all kinds of grain, beans, nuts, salt, &c. TABLE OF DRY MEASURE. 2 pints = 1 quart. 8 quarts = 1 peck. 4 pecks = 1 bushel. The Chaldron of 36 bushels is sometimes used in measuring coals. ch. stands for chaldron, bu. for bushel,... | |
 | Delos White Beadle - Commercial law - 1852 - 366 pages
...in England. By the imperial standard, adopted in England in 1826, 1 gill is = 8. 665 solid inches : 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints 1 quart; 4 quarts 1 gallon, or 277.274 solid inches; 2 gallons 1 peck; 4 pecks 1 bushel, or 2218.191 inches; 4 bushels are 1 coomb... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1853 - 318 pages
...Elephant, 40 X 26 Antiquarian. 52 X 31 Emperor . 40 X 60 Uncle Sam . 48 X120 Measures of Capacity. Liquid. 4 gills =• 1 pint. 2 pints — 1 quart. 4 quarts = 1 gallon. The standard gallon measures 231 cubic inches Pints. Gill* 8. 32 — 8. and contains! 30| square yards... | |
 | Royal Military Academy, Woolwich - Mathematics - 1853 - 476 pages
...foot. 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard. 5. Measure of Capacity fur Liquids, Grain, Fruit, etc. Liquid. 4 gills = 1 pint. 2 pints = 1 quart. 4 quarts = 1 gallon. Dry. 2 gallons = 1 peck. 4 pecks = 1 bushel. 8 bushels = 1 quarter. 5 quarters = 1 load. 6. Measures... | |
 | Dana Pond Colburn - Arithmetic - 1855 - 396 pages
...Measure. (a.) Dry Measure is used for measuring all kinds of grain, beans, nuts, salt, &c. TABLE OF DRY MEASURE. 2 pints = 1 quart. 8 quarts = 1 peck. 4 pecks = 1 bushel. (5.) The chaldron of 36 bushels is sometimes used in measuring coals. ch. stands for chaldron, bu.... | |
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Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel. Liquid Measure. — 4 gills = 1 pint; 2 pints = 1 quart; 4 quarts = 1 gallon; 31| gallons = 1 barrel; 2 barrels = 1 hogshead. Long Measure. — 12 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet... 
