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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 |
Avoirdupois Weights For all Goods except Gold, Silver and 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. |
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 |
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 ¼ inches . . . . . . . . . . 1 nail 4 Nails. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 quarter of a yard 4 Quarters . . . . . . . . . 1 yard |
Square Measure 144 Square inches. . . . 1 square ft. 9 Square feet. . . . . . . 1 square yd. 3¼ 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 ² Sign of the square root ³ Sign of the cube root ° Degree 2 minute 3 second ∴ Therefore |
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 \ cubic feet . . . . . . . . . 1 solid perch brickwork |
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. |
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 |
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 |
Imperial Heaped Measure Avoird of Water - Lbs. 8 Gallons 1 Bushel = 80 3 Bushels 1 sack = 240 12 Sacks 1 caldron = 2880 |
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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