Linear Measure |
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Length |
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1 line |
= | 6 points |
1 inch |
= | 12 lines |
1 foot |
= | 12 inches |
1 yard |
= | 3 feet |
1 rod |
= | 5 1/2 yards |
1 furlong |
= | 40 rods |
1 mile |
= | 8 furlongs |
1 league |
= | 3 miles |
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English Special |
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Length |
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1 palm |
= | 3 inches |
1 hand |
= | 4 inches |
1 cubit |
= | 18 inches |
1 rod |
= | 198 inches |
1 perch |
= | 1 rod |
1 pole |
= | 1 rod |
1 military pace |
= | 30 inches |
1 geometrical pace |
= | 5 feet |
1 fathom |
= | 6 feet |
1 cable length |
= | 240 yards |
1 league |
= | 3 miles |
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English Customary |
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Fluid volume |
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1 dram |
= | 60 minims |
1 ounce |
= | 8 drams |
1 pint |
= | 16 ounces |
1 gallon |
= | 8 pints |
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English Customary |
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Liquid measure |
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1 pint |
= | 4 gills |
1 quart |
= | 2 pints |
1 gallon |
= | 4 quarts |
1 firkin |
= | 9 gallons |
1 kilderkin |
= | 2 firkins |
1 barrel |
= | 2 kinderkins |
1 puncheon |
= | 2 barrels |
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English Customary |
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Dry Measure |
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1 gallon |
= | 4 quarts |
1 peck |
= | 2 gallons |
1 bushel |
= | 2 pecks |
1 sack |
= | 3 bushels |
1 quarter |
= | 2 sacks |
1 load |
= | 5 quarters |
1 chaldron |
= | 12 sacks |
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Apothecaries' Weight |
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Medicine Compounding |
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1 scruple |
= | 20 grains |
1 dram |
= | 3 scruples |
1 ounce |
= | 8 drams |
1 pound |
= | 12 ounces |
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Troy Weight |
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Precious Metals |
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1 pennyweight |
= | 24 grains |
1 ounce |
= | 20 pennyweight |
1 pound |
= | 12 ounces |
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Avoidupois Weight |
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General Weights |
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1 ounce |
= | 16 drams |
1 pound |
= | 16 ounces |
1 stone |
= | 14 pounds |
1 quarter |
= | 2 stones |
1 hundredweight |
= | 4 quarters |
1 ton |
= | 20 hundredweight |
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