Numeration Table
Units 1
Tens 12
Hundreds 123
Thousands 1,234
Tens of thousands 12,345
Hundreds of thousands 123,456
Millions 1,234,567
C. of Millions 123,456,789
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Avoirdupois Weights
For all Goods except Gold, Silver & Jewels
16 Drams 1 ounce oz.
16 Ounces 1 pound lb.
14 Pounds 1 stone st.
28 Pounds 1 quarter qr.
4 Quarters 1 hundredweight cwt.
20 Cwt. 1 ton tn.
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Imperial Dry Measure
Avoird of Water - lb. oz.
2 Glasses 1 noggin = 0 5
4 Noggins 1 pint = 1 4
2 Pints 1 quart = 2 8
4 Quarts 1 gallon = 10 0
2 Gallons 1 peck = 20 0
4 Pecks 1 bushel = 80 0
8 Bushels 1 quarter = 640 0
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Sterling Money Table
4 Farthings 1 penny d.
12 Pence 1 shilling s.
2 Shillings 1 florin
2 Shillings & sixpence 1 Halfcrown
5 Shillings 1 Crown cr.
10 Shillings 1 half sov.
20 Shillings, 1 sov or 1 pound £
21 Shillings 1 guinea
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Hay and Straw Weight
36 lb. Straw 1 truss
56 lb. Old Hay 1 truss
60 lb. New Hay 1 truss
36 trusses 1 load
Cloth Measure
2¼ inches 1 nail
4 Nails 1 quarter of a yard
4 Quarters 1 yard
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Square Measure
144 Square in. 1 square foot
9 Square feet 1 square yard
30¼ Square yards 1 square pole
10 Square poles 1 rood
4 Roods 1 acre
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Arithmetical Signs
+ Plus ; sign of addition
- Minus ; sign of subtraction
X Sign of multiplication
÷ Sign of division
= Sign of equality
: :: : Sign of proportion
√ Sign of the square root
³√ Sign of the cube root
° Degree 2 minute 3 second
∴ Therefore
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Solid or Cubic Measure
1,728 cubic inches 1 cubic foot
27 cubic feet 1 cubic yard
24¾ cubic feet 1 solid perch
mason's work
12 ⅜ cubic feet 1 solid perch
brickwork
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Table of Motion
603 Seconds 1 minute
602 Minute 1 degree
30° Degrees 1 sign
12 Signs or 360° the circle
of the earth
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Troy Weight
For Gold Silver and Jewels
24 Grains 1 pennyworth dwt.
20 Pennyweights 1 ounce oz.
12 Ounces 1 Pound lb.
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Long or Lineal Measure
12 Lines 1 inch in.
12 Inches 1 foot ft.
3 Feet 1 yard yd.
2 Yard 1 fathom f.
5½ Yards 1 pole
40 Poles 1 furlong fur.
8 Furlongs or 1760 yds. 1 mile
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Table of Time
60 Seconds 1 minute
60 Minutes 1 hour
24 Hours 1 day
7 Days 1 week
4 Weeks 1 month
365 Days 1 year
366 Days 1 leap year
52 Weeks 1 year
12 Calendar or
13 Lunar months 1 Year
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Apothecaries' Weight
For Mixing Medicines
20 Grains 1 Scruple scr.
3 Scruples 1 dram dr.
8 Drams 1 ounce oz.
12 Ounces 1 pound lb
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Imperial Heaped Measure
Avoird of Water - Lbs.
8 Gallons 1 Bushel = 80
3 Bushels 1 sack = 240
12 Sacks 1 caldron = 2880
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Days in the Month
Thirty days has September,
April June and November,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone,
Which has but twenty-eight days
clear,
And Twenty-nine in each leap year.
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