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Hundreds of Thousands. 68&Tens of Thousands.

Hundreds of Minions.

∞ Tens of Millions. ∞ Millions.

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To learn this Table: Find your multiplier in the le hand column, and the multiplicand a-top, and in the common angle of meeting, or against your multiplier, along a the right hand, and under your multiplicand, you will fin the product, or answer.

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1 pound,

1 hundred weight,

1 tun.

28 pounds, 1 quarter of a hundred weight,

4. quarters,

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By this weight are weighed all coarse and drossy goods, grocery wares, and all metals except gold and silver.

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1 bushel,

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This measure is applied to grain, beans, flax-seed, salt

nats, oysters, coal, &c.

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All brandies, spirits, mead, vinegar, oil, &c. are measur

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Note. 231 solid inches, make a gal

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69 statute miles,

1 league,

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I degree, on the earth.

360 degrees, the circumference of the earth.

The use of long measure is to measure the distance of places, or any other thing, where length is considered, without regard to breadth.

N. B. In measuring the height of horses, 4 inches make hand. In measuring depths, 6 feet make 1 fathom or French toise. Distances are measured by a chain, four rods long, containing one hundred links.

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