Measure, &c.

5,280 feet in a mile.

63,360 inches in a mile.

190,080 barley-corns in a mile.
32,000 ounces make one ton.
43,560 square feet in an acre.
4,840 square yards in an acre.
32 gills in one wine-gallon.
7.22 cubic inches in a gill.
28.875 cubic inches in a pint.

57:75 cubic inches in a quart.

2,150-4 cubic inches in a bushel. 1.2444 cubic feet in a bushel.

3,600 seconds in an hour.

86,400 seconds in a day of twenty-four hours 31,557,600 seconds in a year.

1,728 cubic inches in a foot.

128 feet make one cord of wood.

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Comparative Value and Weight of Different Kinds of Fire Wood, assuming as a standard the Shell

NOTE. It is estimated that a cord of wood contains,

when green, 1443 pounds of water equal to 1 hogshead and 2 barrels of water.

TABLES OF SQUARES AND CUBES;

To facilitate the Mensuration of the Surfaces and Solidities of Bodies.