1 Gill (gil.) = ¼ Pint = 8½ cubic inches = 0.1376 Liter 1 Pint (pt.) = ½ Quart = 33⅗ cubic inches = 0.5506 Liter 1 Quart (qt.) = 2 Pints = 67⅕ cubic inches = 1.1012 Liter 1 Peck (pk.) = 8 Quarts = 537⅝ cubic inches = 8.810 Liter 1 Bushel (bu.) = 4 Pecks = 2150 7⁄16 cubic inches = 36.3477 Liter 1 Gallon (gal.) = = 268⅘ cubic inches NOTE:—Dry Measures are about ⅙ larger than liquid measures. 1 Bushel = 4 Pk.; 1 Bushel, heaped = 5 Pk.; 4 Bushel, heaped = 5 Bu., struck LIQUID MEASURES UNITED STATES MEASURES 1 Gill (gi.) = ¼ Pint = 7 1⁄32 cu. in. = 0.1183 Liter 1 Pint (pt.) = ½ Quart = 4 Gills = 28⅞ cu. in. = 0.473 Liter 1 Quart (qt.) = 2 Pints = 8 Gills = 57¾ cu. in. = 0.946 Liter 1 Gallon (gal.) = 4 Quarts = 8 Pints = 231 cu. in. = 3.785 Liter 1 Liter = 10 Deciliter = 100 Centiliter = 1000 Milliliter 1 Liter = 0.908 Dry Quart = 1.0567 Liquid Quart 1 Dry Quart = 1⅛ Liquid Quart 1 Liquid Quart = ⅞ Dry Quart OLD GERMAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (After 1834) 1 _Zollpfund_ (German Pound) = 30 _Loth_ = 500 Gram = *17½ Ounces = *1 Pound 1½ oz. 1 _Loth_ = 10 _Quentchen_ = 16.66 Gram = *½ Ounce 1 _Quentchen_ = 1.66 Gram = *1⁄20 Ounce 1 _Quentchen_ = 1 Thimblefull Southern Germany, including Austria 1 Vienna Pound = _32 Loth_ = 560 Gram = *1¼ Pound (U.S.) 1 _Loth_ (Vienna) = 17½ Gram = *⅝ Ounce (U.S.) 1 Vienna Pound = 56 _Deka_ 1 _Deka_ (Dekagram) = 10 Gram 1 _Neuloth_ = 4 Vienna _Loth_ = 7 _Deka_ = *2½ Ounces (U.S.) 1 _Unze_ (German Ounce) = 1⁄16 German Pound (Metric) = *1⁄12 Troy Pound = *30 Gram = *1 Ounce (U.S.) 1 German Pound (_Zollpfund_) = ⅞ Vienna Pound 1 Vienna Pound = 1⅛ German Pound 1 _Scheffel_ = 16 Metzen (Prussia, Saxony) = 6 Metzen (Bavaria) = 53 liter = *1½ Bushels (U.S.) 1 _Metze_ = *3½ Liter = 3 Quarts (U.S.) 1 _Mass_ = 1 _Quart, Quartier_ = 15⁄16 Liter = 1 Quart (U.S.) 1 _Schoppen_ = ½ Liter = *1 Pint (U.S.) 1 _Nössel_ = 1 _Töpfchen_ = ½ _Kanne_ = ½ Liter = *1 Pint (U.S.) INDEX. Page. Preface 3 Reliable Weights and Measures 4 Chapter 1, Nos. 1–68.