CLOTH MEASURE. 89. Cloth measure is used for measuring all kinds of cloth. Its denominations are Ells French, Ells English, Eils Flemish, yards, quarters, nails, and inches. 1. In 35yd. 3qr. 3na., how many nails? We first reduce the yards to quarters and add in the 3qr.; we next reduce the quarters to nails and add in the 3 nails. OPERATION. 35 4 143 4 Ans. 575 na. Ans. 980na. Ans. 623na. OPERATION. 2. Reduce 49 Ells English to nails. 4. In 3278 nails, how many yards? We first divide by 4, which brings the number to quarters, and then again by 4, which brings it to yards. 4)3278 4)819.. 2na. 204.. 3qr. Ans. 204yd. 3qr. 2na. 5. Reduce 340 nails to Ells Flemish. Ans. 28 E. Fl. 1qr. 6. In 67 quarters, how many yards? Ans. 16yd. 3qr. 89. For what is cloth measure used? What are its denominations? Repeat the table. LIQUID MEASURE. 90. The standard gallon of the United States is the wine gallon of Great Britain, and contains 231 cubic inches. This is the standard for all liquids. The denominations of liquid measure are tuns, pipes, hogsheads, barrels, gallons, quarts, pints, and gills. 1. In 5 tuns 1 hogshead of wine, how many gallons? 90. What is measured by liquid measure? What are its denominations? Repeat the table. What is the content of the wine gallon? 2. Reduce 12 pipes 1 hogshead and 1 quart of wine Ans. 12602pt. Ans..8064. to pints. 3. In 1 tun of cider, how many gills? 91. In the English ale or beer measure 36 gallons make a barrel, and 54 gallons a hogshead. Its denominations are hogsheads, barrels, gallons, quarts, and pints. 1. Reduce 47bar. 16gal. 4qt. to pints. Ans. 13672pt. 2. In 27hhd. of beer, how many pints? Ans. 11664. 3. In 55832 pints of beer, how many hogsheads? Ans. 4. In 64972 quarts of beer, how many barrels? Ans. 451bar. 7gal. 91. What are the denominations of ale or beer measure? Repeat the table. DRY MEASURE. 92. Dry measure is used in measuring all dry, articles, such as grain, fruits, roots, salt, coal, &c. Its denominations are chaldrons, bushels, pecks, quarts, and pints. NOTE. A gallon dry measure contains 268.8 cubic inches. A Winchester bushel is 18 inches in diameter, 8 inches deep, and contains 2150.4 cubic inches. is the standard bushel adopted in the United States. EXAMPLES. 1. In 372 bushels, how many pints? This Ans. 23808. 2. In 5 chaldrons 31 bushels, now many pecks? Ans. 3. In 17408 pints, how many bushels? Ans. 272. 4. In 4220 pints, how many chaldrons? TIME. Ans. 1ch. 29bu. 3pk. 6qt. 93. The denominations of time are years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. 92. For what is dry measure used? What are its denominations? Repeat the table. What is the content of a gallon? How large is a Winchester bushel? What is the standard in the United States? 1=52=365=8766=525960=31557600 1= 7 168 10080= 1 = = 604800 The whole days only are reckoned. The odd six hours, by accumulating for 4 years, make one day, so that every fourth year contains 366 days. This is called the Bissextile, or Leap year. Although the year is reckoned at 365da. 6hr., it is in fact but 365da. 5hr. 48m. 48sec., and the difference by accumulating for 100 years makes about 1 day, so that the centennial years are not leap years. The leap years are exactly divisible by 4. They are 1840, 1844, &c. The year is also divided into 12 calendar months, which contain an unequal number of days. The additional day, when it occurs, is added to the month of February, so that this month has 29 days in the Leap year. |