4 8 12 40 44 48 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 18 7 14 21 S| 16 | 24 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 24 28 32 30 | 36 | 42 48|54|60|66| 72 35 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 63| 70| 77| 84 40 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 72| 80| 88 96 9|18|27| 36 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 72 |81| 90 99 10 |10| 20 |30| 11 | 22 | 33 1224 | 36 40 | 50 | 69 | 70 | 80 |90|100|110|120 44 | 55 | 66 | 77 | 88 | 99|110| 121|132 48|60|72 | 84 | 96 | 108 120|132|144] To learn his Table: Find your multiplier in the left hand column and the multiplicand a top, and in the common angle of meeting, or against your multiplier, along at the- right hand, and under your multiplicand, you will find the product, or answer. 3. Avoirdupois Weight. 16 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce, 16 ounces, 02. 1 pound, lb.. qr. 1 hundred weight, cwt. T. 1 ton, 28 pounds, 1 quarter of a hundred weight, 4 quarters, 20 hundred weight, By this weight are weighed all coarse and drossy goods, grocery wares, and all metals except gold and silver. All brandies, spirits, mead, vinegar, oil, &c. are meas ured by wine measure. a gallon. Note.-231 solid inches, make 8. Long Measure. 3 harley corns (b. c.) make 1 inch, marked 12 inches, 3 feet, yards, 40 rods, 8 furlongs, 3 miles, 69 statute miles, in. ft. yd. fur. m. 1 rod, pole, or perch, rd. 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 furlong, 360 degrees, the circumference of the earth. lea. The use of long measure is to measure the distance of places, or any thing, where length is considered, without regard to breadth. N. B. În measuring the height of horses, 4 inches make 1 hand. In measuring depths, six feet make 1 fathom or French toise. Distances are measured by a chain, four rods long, containing one hundred links. } 1 solid foot. 1 ton or load. 1 cord of wood. 50 feet of hewn timber, 128 solid feet or 8 feet long, 4 wide, and 4 high, All solids, or things that have length, breadth and depth, are measured by this measure. N. B. The wine gallon contains 231 solid or cubic inches, and the beer gallon, 282. A bushel contains 2150, 42 solid inches. yr. 13 months, 1 day and 6 hours, 1 Julian year, Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November, February twenty-eight alone, all the rest have thirty-one. N. B. In bissextile, or leap year, February has 29 days. 12 signs, or 360 degrees the whole great circle of the Zodiac. |