LONG MEASURE. 12 inches make 1 foot ft. 3 feet " 1 yard yd. 5½ yards " 1 rod rd. 40 rods " 1 furlong fur. 8 furlongs, or 320 rods, " 1 mile mi. 3 miles " 1 league lea. SURVEYOR'S MEASURE. 7.92 inches make 1 link li. 100 links " 1 chain ch. 80 chains " 1 mile mi. SQUARE MEASURE. 144 square inches make 1 square foot sq. ft. 9 square feet " 1 square yard sq. yd. 30¼ square yards " 1 square rod sq. rd. 160 square rods " 1 acre A. LAND MEASURE. 10,000 square links make 1 square chain 10 square chains " 1 acre 640 acres " 1 square mile CUBIC MEASURE. 1728 cubic inches make 1 cubic foot cu. ft. 27 cubic feet " 1 cubic yard cu. yd. 128 cubic feet " 1 cord C. LIQUID MEASURE. The standard U. S. gallon equals 231 cubic inches, and contains 8.3311 pounds of pure water at 62° F. A cubic foot of pure water at 62° F. weighs 62.32 pounds. The liquid quart is about six sevenths of a quart of dry measure. ----------+----------------+-------+-----------+------------ Name. | Equivalent. |Litres.|Decalitres.|Hectolitres. ----------+----------------+-------+-----------+------------ 1 gill | | .1183 | | 1 pint | 4 gills | .4732 | | 1 quart | 2 pints | .9463 | | 1 gallon | 4 quarts |3.7853 | | 1 barrel |31½ gallons | | 11.9237 | 1.1924 1 hogshead| 2 barrels | | 23.8474 | 2.3847 1 pipe | 2 hogsheads| | | 4.7694 1 tun | 2 pipes | | | 9.5389 ----------+----------------+-------+-----------+------------ 1 litre = 8.4536 gills = 2.1134 pints = 1.0567 quarts. DRY MEASURE. The bushel (Winchester) contains nearly 2150.42 cubic inches, and is a cylinder measure 18½ inches across and 8 inches deep. A bushel measure will contain 9.31 gallons of pure water at 62° F. --------+-----------+-------+---------- Name. |Equivalent.|Litres.|Decalitre. --------+-----------+-------+---------- 1 pint | | .5506| 1 quart | 2 pints | 1.1012| 1 peck | 8 quarts | 8.8096| 1 bushel| 4 pecks |35.2384| 3.5238 --------+-----------+-------+---------- 1 litre = 1.816 pints = .908 quart. APOTHECARIES' MEASURE.