Ah, but today's lesson will be Imperial volumetric measures - once again,
with a chart from
http://home.clara.net/brianp/index.html
Perhaps that should be "a wee drachm"......... or 1/8 of a fluid ounce......
VOLUMES
60 minims = 1 fluid drachm
8 fluid drachms = 1 fluid ounce
20 fluid ounces = 1 pint
4 gills = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
2 gallons = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
8 bushels = 1 quarter
36 bushels = 1 chaldron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex McGregor" <awmcgregor@shaw.ca>
> And here I'd always thought that 'wee dram' was a measure of liquid.
>
> Al
>
> "Jon A." wrote:
>
> > Chart of conversions:
> >
> > Avoirdupois weights:
> >
> > 16 drams = 1 ounce
> > 16 ounces = 1 pound
> > 7 pounds = 1 clove
> > 14 pounds = 1 stone
> > 28 pounds = 1 tod
> > 112 pounds = 1 hundredweight
> > 364 pounds = 1 sack
> > 2240 pounds = 1 ton
> > 2 stones = 1 quarter
> > 4 quarters = 1 hundredweight
> > 20 hundredweight = 1 ton
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