60 minims (♏) 1 fluid drachm (f. ʒ) 8 drachms (water 1.732 cu. in., 1 fluid oz. (f. ℥) 437½ grains) 20 ounces 1 pint (O.) 8 pints (water 70,000 grains) 1 gallon (gall.) 1 drop 1 grain 60 drops 1 drachm 1 drachm 1 teaspoonful 4 drachms 1 tablespoonful 8 drachms (2 tablespoonfuls) 1 ounce 2 ounces (water 875 grains) 1 wineglassful 3 ounces 1 teacupful MISCELLANEOUS TABLES. COUNTING. 12 things make 1 dozen doz. 12 dozen " 1 gross gr. 12 gross " 1 great gross g. gr. PAPER. 24 sheets make 1 quire qr. 20 quires " 1 ream ream 2 reams " 1 bundle bund. 2 bundles " 1 bale BOOKS. A book in which Each sheet is folded into 2 leaves is a folio " " " " 4 " " quarto, or 4to " " " " 8 " " octavo, or 8vo " " " " 12 " " duodecimo, or 12mo " " " " 16 " " 16mo " " " " 24 " " 24mo " " " " 32 " " 32mo MISCELLANEOUS VALUES. 4 inches make 1 hand, used in measuring horses 9 " " 1 span, " sacred history 18 feet " 1 cubit, " " " 6 " " 1 fathom, " measuring depths MEASURES OF WEIGHT. AVOIRDUPOIS = METRIC WEIGHTS. --------------------+---------+------------+------------+------- Avoirdupois. | Grammes.|Decagrammes.|Kilogrammes.|Millier | | | | (Ton). --------------------+---------+------------+------------+------- 1 drachm | 1.77184| | | 1 ounce (16 drachms)| 28.34954| 2.83495| | 1 pound (16 ounces) |453.59256| 45.35926| 0.45359 | 1 hundredweight | | | 45.3552 | 1 ton (20 cwt.) | | | 907.1040 |0.9071 --------------------+---------+------------+------------+------- Ton. Hundredweight. Pounds. Ounces. Drachms. 1 = 20 = 2000 = 32,000 = 522,000 1 = 100 = 1,600 = 25,600 1 = 16 = 256 1 = 16 TROY = METRIC WEIGHTS.