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TABLE OF WEIGHS AND MEASURES.
1 quart sifted flour (well heaped) weighs 1 lb.
3 coffee-cups sifted flour (level) weigh 1 lb.
4 tea-cups sifted flour (level) weigh 1 lb.
1 quart unsifted flour weighs 1 lb. 1 oz.
1 quart sifted Indian meal weighs 1 lb. 4 oz.
1 pint soft butter (well packed) weighs 1 lb.
2 tea-cups soft butter (well packed) weigh 1 lb.
1 1/3 pints powdered sugar weigh 1 lb.
2 coffee-cups powdered sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.
2 3/4 tea-cups powdered sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.
1 pint granulated sugar (heaped) weighs 14 oz.
1 1/2 coffee-cups granulated sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.
2 tea-cups granulated sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.
1 pint coffee "A" sugar weighs 12 oz.
1 3/4 coffee-cups best brown sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.
2 1/2 tea-cups best brown sugar (level) weigh 1 lb.
2 3/4 coffee-cups Indian meal (level) equal 1 qt.
3 1/2 tea-cups Indian meal (level) equal 1 qt.
1 table-spoon (well heaped) of granulated "coffee A" or best brown sugar
equals 1 oz.
2 table-spoons (well rounded) of powdered sugar or flour weigh 1 oz.
1 table-spoon (well rounded) of soft butter weighs 1 oz.
Soft butter size of an egg weighs 2 oz.
7 table-spoons granulated sugar (heaping) equal 1 tea-cup.
5 table-spoons sifted flour or meal (heaping) equal 1 tea-cup.
4 table-spoons soft butter (well heaped) equal 1 tea-cup.
2 tea-spoons (heaping) of flour, sugar or meal, equal 1 heaping table-spoon.
LIQUIDS.
1 pint contains 16 fluid ounces (4 gills.)
1 ounce contains 8 fluid drachms (1/4 gill.)
1 table-spoon contains about 1/2 fluid ounce.
1 tea-spoon contains about 1 fluid drachm.
A tea-spoonful (for brevity, tea-spoon is used for tea-spoonful in the recipes
of this book) is equal in volume to 45 drops of pure water (distilled) at 60
deg. Fah. Tea-spoons vary so much in size that there is a wide margin of
difference in containing capacity.
4 tea-spoonfuls equal 1 table-spoon or 1/2 fluid ounce.
16 table-spoonfuls equal 1/2 pint.
1 wine-glass full (common size) equals 4 table-spoons or 2 fluid oz.
1 tea-cupful equals 8 fluid oz. or 2 gills.
4 tea-cupfuls equal 1 qt.
A common-sized tumbler holds about 1/2 pint.
AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.
6 drams (dr.) make 1 ounce (oz.)
16 ounces make 1 pound (lb.)
25 pounds make 1 quarter (qr.)
4 quarters make 1 hundred weight (ewt.)
20 hundred weight make 1 ton (T.)
LIQUID MEASURE.
4 gills (gl.) make 1 pint (pt.)
2 pints make 1 quart (qt.)
4 quarts make 1 gallon (gal.)
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF FUEL.
Shellbark Hickory................. 100Red Oak...........................
69
Pig-nut HIckory................... 95White Beech....................... 65
White Oak......................... 84Black Birch....................... 62
White Ash......................... 77Yellow Pine....................... 54
Yellow Oak........................ 60Chestnut.......................... 52
Hard Maple........................ 59White Birch....................... 48
White Elm......................... 58White Pine........................ 42
The same species of wood may vary in density and value, being best if grown on
dry land and exposed or in open ground. Some kinds of wood, such as hickory, owe
a large share of their value to the heat of the coals left after burning.
Allowance is to be made for extraordinary dryness or moisture of the article
weighed or measured, and for different sizes of cups and spoons, but the tables
are as correct as can be made. In "Liquids," the old French measure was "1
tea-cup equals 4 fluid ounces or 1 gill" the tea-cup being half the size of the
one in use at present.
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