Self-instruction for young gardeners, foresters, bailiffs, land-stewards, and farmers; in arithmetic and bookkeeping, geometry, mensuration, and practical trigonometry, mechanics, hydrostatics, and hydraulics, land-surveying, levelling, planning, and mapping, architectural drawing, and isometrical projection and perspective: with examples, showing their application to horticultural and agricultural purposes / By the late J.C. Louden. With a memoir of the author [by Mrs. Loudon].

  • Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Self-instruction for young gardeners, foresters, bailiffs, land-stewards, and farmers; in arithmetic and bookkeeping, geometry, mensuration, and practical trigonometry, mechanics, hydrostatics, and hydraulics, land-surveying, levelling, planning, and mapping, architectural drawing, and isometrical projection and perspective: with examples, showing their application to horticultural and agricultural purposes / By the late J.C. Louden. With a memoir of the author [by Mrs. Loudon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The goods are to be heaped up in the form of a cone, to a height above the rim of the measure, of at least three fourths of its depth. The outside diameters of measures, used for heaped goods, are to be at least double the depth, consequently not less than the following dimensions: Bushel. 19^ inches. Gallon. 9| inches. Half bushel. 15|- Half gallon. 7# Peck. 12 j The imperial gallon contains exactly lOlbs. avoirdupois of pure or distilled water; consequently, the pint will hold 1^ lb. and the bushel 80 lb. Particular Weights. 8 pounds make 1 stone, used for meat. 14 pounds . 1 stone = 0 cwt. 0 qrs. 14 lb. 2 stone. 1 tod =0 1 0 I 6| tod . 1 Avey = 1 2 14 >used in the wool trade. 2 weys. 1 sack =3 1 0 12 sacks. 1 last =39 0 0 J Miscellaneous. 1 2 dozen make a gross. A weigh is 256 lbs. 12 barrels make a last. A quire of paper is 24 sheets. A ream of paper is 20 quires. A bundle of paper is 2 reams. A bale of paper is 10 reams. A roll of parchment, or vellum, is five dozen, or 60 skins. A dicker of hides is 10 skins. A last of hides is 20 dickers. A dicker of gloves is 10 dozen pairs. A firkin of butter is 56 lbs. A firkin of soap is 64 lbs. A tierce of rice is about 5 cwt. A hogshead of tobacco is from 9 to 10 cwt. A barrel of gunpowder is 1 cwt. A pack of avooI is 240 lbs. 20 stones of flour make a sack. A load of timber, unhewed, is 40 feet. A load of bricks, 500 in number. A load of tiles, 1000 in number. A load of hay, in London, is nearly 18 CAvt. A load of straw, 36 trusses, of 36 lbs. each. A chaldron of coals, in London, is 36 bushels. Coals are sold by the ton. A chaldron of coals, in Newcastle, is 53 CAvt. A cart of coals, in Scotland, is 12 CAvt A deal of coals, in Scotland, is 23 cwt. A grain of gold is worth about 2d. An ounce of fine silver is Avorth from 5s. to 5s. 6d. Measures of Time. Time is a measure of duration, ascertained by the mo¬ tions of the heavenly bodies, and is either apparent, mean, or sidereal. The Julian year is equal to 365 days 6 hours. Solar year.. 365 days, 5 hours, 48 min. 48 sec. Civil year. 365 days, or 12 calendar months. Lunar month . 4 weeks, or 28 days. Civil, or natural day . 24 hours. An hour. 60 minutes. A minute. 60 seconds.