COPY.
12
En
Weights.
Avoirdupois.
Troy.
SCHEDULE.
Table of English Weights and Measures.
Measures of length.
1 Yard, divided into feet and inches
4 Ounces.
ounce.
TO
8
do.
2
do.
Measures of capacity.
10
1 Pound.
do.
1 Half Gill.
1 Half Gallon.
2 Pounds.
do.
1 Gill.
1 Gallon.
10
4
do.
1
do.
1 Half Pint.
1 Peck.
7
do.
2
Ounces.
1 Pint.
14
do.
1 Quart.
28
do.
56
do.
1 Half Bushel.
1 Bushel.
The contents of each measure to be
not heaped, but flat and level with
the rim of the vessel.
Table of Chinese Weights and Measures.
Weights.
(candareen) = 0.0133 ounce avoirdupois.
1 Fan
1 Tsin
(mace)
1 Leung
(tael)
1 Kan
(catty)
1 Tam
(picul)
and the following: 2, 3, 4, 5,
- 0.133
do.
do.
1313 do.
do.
13 pounds
do.
=
133313 do.
do.
taels; 10, 17, 20, 30, 40, 50,
taels; 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, taels.
Measures of length.
1 Chek (foot) equal to 14 English inches, divided into 10
tsun or inches, and each inch into 10 fan or tenths.