WS:Measures
Contents
Weights and Measures
Dry Measures
2 pints 1 quart 8 quarts 1 peck 4 pecks 1 bushel
Liquid Measures
2 pints 1 quart (2 lbs.) 4 quarts 1 gallon (8 lbs.) 10 gallons 1 pony keg (80 lbs.) 50 gallons 1 hogshead (400 lbs.) 5 hogsheads 1 tun (2000 lbs.)
Linear Measures
12 inches (") 1 foot (') 3 feet 1 yard 6 feet 1 fathom 4,400 yards 1 league
Weight Measures
142 carats 1 ounce 16 drams 1 ounce 16 ounces 1 pound (lb) 14 pounds 1 stone 2 stone (28 lbs.) 1 quarter 4 quarters (112 lbs.) 1 hundredweight 20 hwghts (2240 lbs.) 1 ton
Coinage
4 farthings (f) 1 penny (d) 2 farthings 1 hapenny 3 pennies 1 thrupence 6 pennies 1 sixpence 12 pennies 1 shilling (s) 20 shillings 1 pound (L)
