5. How many gallons in 28 barrels of beer? Ans. 882. 6. Bring 12 hhds. 1 barrel, to pints. Ans. 6300. 7. Reduce 19 hhds. 1 barrel, 1 gal. 1 pt. to gills. Ans. 39348. DRY MEASURE. This measure is used for dry goods. The Winchester bushel is of a cylindrical form, 18.5 inches in diameter and 8 inches deep, and contains 2150.4252 cubical inches; that described in section 15th of the preceding act of Assembly, is the frustrum of a cone, the top diameter of which is 15.902607 inches, the bottom diameter 15.14534 inches, and height 11.359005 inches. Grain, salt, &c., are measured by level or struck measure; charcoal, lime, roots, fruit, oysters, &c., by heaped measure, which is about three-sixteenths more than level measure. The bushel contains 2553,62 cubical inches. The dimensions of a half bushel measure, of a similar shape to the Pennsylvania bushel, is, top diameter, 12.6219 inches, the bottom, 12.02086 inches, and height, 9.01564 inches. 2. Reduce 12 bushels, 2 pecks, to pecks. Ans. 50. 3. Reduce 16 bushels, 1 peck, 2 quarts, to quarts. Ans. 522. 4. Bring 15 bushels, 2 pecks, 3 quarts, 1 pint, to pints. Ans. 999. 5. In 421 pecks, how many bushels? Ans. 105 bu. 1 p. D 6. In 3105 quarts, how many bushels? Ans. 97 bu. 1 qt. 7. In 541 pints, how many bushels ? : Ans. 8 bu. 1 p. 6 qts. 1 pt. TROY WEIGHT. This weight is used for weighing jewels, gold, silver, and liquors the denominations are, pounds, ounces, pennyweights and grains. [See sixteenth section of the preceding act of Assembly. 1. In 123 lbs. 6 oz. 12 dwts. 16 grains of gold, how many grains? lbs. oz. dwts. grs. 2. Reduce 12 lbs. 4 oz., to ounces.. Ans. 148. 3. Reduce 5 lbs. 2 oz. 16 dwts., to pennyweights. Ans. 1256. 4. Reduce 17 lbs. 6 oz. 4 dwts. 12 grs., to grains. Ans. 100908. 5. Bring 9764 grains to pounds. Ans. 1 lb. 8 oz. 6 dwts. 20 grs. 6. Bring 12547 grains to pounds. Ans. 2 lbs. 2 oz. 2 dwts. 19 grs. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. By this weight are weighed things of a coarse drossy nature, and all metals, except silver and gold. The denominations are, ton, hundred weight, quarter, pound, ounce, and dram. 16 Drams (dr.) equal 1 ounce, Oz. lb. 1 quarter of a hundred, qr. 16 Ounces 66 1 pound, 1 hundred, C. T. Examples. 1. In 16 T. 4 C. 3 qrs. 19 lbs. 11 oz. 15 drs., how many drams? Ans. 243. Ans. 410. 2. Reduce 12 T. 3 C., to hundred weights. Ans. 1087. Ans. 10000 lbs.; 160000 oz.; 2560000 drs. 6. Reduce 51004 drams to ounces. 7. Bring 16430 ounces to pounds. Ans. 3187 oz. 12 drs. Ans. 1026 lbs. 14 oz. 8. Reduce 12915 ounces to hundred weights. 9. Bring 2240 pounds to tons. 10. In 1232000 drams, how Ans. 8 C. 7 lbs. 3 oz. Ans. 1 T. 2C. 1 qr. 15 lbs. many tons? Ans. 2 T. 8C. 12 lbs. 8 oz. Note. In some parts of Pennsylvania, twenty-eight pounds yet pass for a quarter, as is also the case in some other States: in such locations the following table should be used— 1. In 16 T. 5 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs. 11 oz. 15 drs., how many drams? Ans. 9341887. 2. In 12 T. 3 cwt., how many pounds? Ans. 27216. 3. In 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 12 lbs., how many pounds? Ans. 180. 4. Bring 3 qrs. 7 lbs. 15 oz. 1 dr. to drams. Ans. 23537. 5. Reduce 5 tons to drams. Ans. 2867200. 6. Reduce 52036 drams to hundreds. Ans. 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs. 4 oz. 4 drs. 7. Reduce 16032 ounces to hundreds. Ans. 8 cwt. 3 qrs. 22 lbs. 8. Bring 12345678 drams to tons. Ans. 21 T. 10 cwt. 2 qrs. 9 lb. 4 oz. 14 drs. 9. In 784765 ounces, how many tons ? Ans. 21 T. 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 19 lbs. 13 oz. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT. Apothecaries mix their medicines by this weight, but buy and sell by avoirdupois weight. The denominations are pound, ounce, dram, scruple, and grain. 1. In 12 pounds, 1 ounce, 2 drams, 1 scruple, 16 grains, how many grains ? lbs. 3. 9. gr. 2. In 3 drams, 1 scruple, 2 grains, how many grains? Ans. 202. 3. In 1 pound, 1 ounce, 1 dram, 1 scruple, 1 grain, how many grains? 4. Reduce 27152 grains to pounds. Ans. 6321. Ans. 4 lbs. 83.43.19. 12 grs. Ans. 2 lbs. 5. Bring 11520 grains to pounds. 6. Reduce 714 scruples to pounds. Ans. 2 lb. 53.63. 7. In 20000 grains, how many pounds. Ans. 3 lbs. 53. 53. 19. CLOTH MEASURE. By this measure, cloths, tapes, or whatever is bought or sold by the yard, are measured. yard, quarter, nail and inch. 2.25 Inches (in.) equal 1 nail, The denominations are, na. |