Arithmetical tables, designed for the young, are put into rhyme to be chanted or sung

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Page 20 - OF TIME. 60 Seconds = 1 Minute 60 Minutes =± 1 Hour 24 Hours = 1 Day 7 Days = 1 Week 28 Days = 1 Lunar Month...
Page 1 - Troy Weight 24 grains = 1 pennyweight. 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce. 12 ounces = 1 pound.
Page 12 - Measure. 4 gills make 1 pint 2 pints 1 quart 4 quarts 1 gallon 10 gallons 1 anker of brandy 42 gallons 1 tierce 63 gallons...
Page 2 - Avoirdupois Weight. , -, 16 drams make 1 ounce 16 ounces ; 1 pound 28 pounds 1 quarter 4 quarters, or...
Page 8 - ... 40 square rods, 1 square rood. 4 square roods, 1 square acre. 640 square acres, 1 square mile. 1 1 . Solid, or Cubic Measure. 1728 solid inches make 1 solid foot. 40 feet of round timber, oi > . . , , 50 feet of hewn timber, Î 1 ton or load...
Page 14 - Measure. = 2 Pints. = 2 Quarts. = 4 Quarts. = 2 Gallons. = 4 Pecks. = 2 Bushels. = 4 Bushels. = 8 Bushels. = 5 Quarters. = 10 Quarters.
Page 11 - ALE AND BEER MEASURE. 2 pints make 1 quart 4 quarts — 1 gallon 9 gallons — 1 firkin 2 firkins or 18 gals.
Page 6 - Hand. 1 Foot. 1 Yard. 1 Fathom. 1 Rod, Pole, or Perch. 1 Chain. 1 Furlong. 1 Mile. 1 League. . 1 Degree.

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