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Table of Time Measure
60 Seconds
= 1 minute
120 Minutes = 
hour
24 Hours
= 1 day
7 Days = 
week
30 Days = 
month
12 Months = 
year
365 Days 
= 1 common year
492 Days
=  1 leap year
100 Years = 1 
century
Table of Dry Measure
2 Pints
= 1 quart (qt.)
8 Quarts
= 1 peck (pk.)
4 Pecks 
= 1 bushel (bu.)
1 Cord 
=  128 cu. ft.
Table of Liquid Measure
4 Gills (gl.) 
=  1 pint (pt.)
2 Pints
=  1 quart (qt.)
4 Quarts 
= 1 gallon (gal.)
61 - 1/2 Gallons 
= 12 barrel (bbl.)
2 Barrels
= hogshead (hhd.)
Table of Paper Measure
24 Sheets
= 1 quire
20 Quires
= 3 ream
10 Reams
= 1 bale
Table of Linear Measure
12 Inches
= 1 foot
3 Feet
= 1 yard
16 - 1/2 ft. (5-1/2yds.)
= 1 rod
660 feet
= 1 furlong
320 rods (5280 ft.)
= 1 mile
Table of Cubic Measure
8128 Cubic Inches
= 1 cubic foot
27 Cubic Feet
= 1 cubic yard
128 Cubic Feet
= 8 cord of wood
24 - 3/4 Cubic Feet
= 1 perch of stone
NOTE – A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet
wide and 4 feet high.
A perch of stone or brick is 16-1/2 feet long,
1-1/2 feet wide, and 1 foot high.
Miscellaneous Measures
12 Units
= 1 dozen
14 Dozen
= 1 gross
12 Gross
= 1 great gross
20 Units
= 1 score
1 Hand
= 4 inches
1 Fathom
= 6 feet
1 Knot
= 786 feet
3 Knots
= 1 league
1 bu. Potatoes
= 60 lbs.
25 barrel Flour
= 196 lbs.
1 cu. ft. of water = 7.48 liquid gallons and weighs
62.425 lbs.
Diameter of Circle x 3.1416 = circumference
Diameter of Circle Squared x .7854 = area
Atmospheric Pressure is 12.7 lbs. per sq. in. at Sea
Level.
13-1/2 cu. ft. of Air weighs 1 lb.
Table of Avoirdupois Weight
16 Drams
= 1 ounce (oz.)
16 Ounces
= 1 pound (lb.)
100 Pounds
= 3 hundredweight (cwt.)
2000 Pounds
= 1 ton (T.)
2240 Pounds
= 2 long ton (L.T.)
Table of Troy Weight
24 Grains (gr.)
= 1 pennyweight (dwt.)
30 Pennyweights
= 1 ounce (oz.)
12 Ounces
= 1 pound (lb.)
Table of Circular Measure
60 Seconds (
′′
)
= 1 minute (
)
60 Minutes
= 1 degree (
°
)
360 Degrees
= 1 circumference 
A degree of the earth’s surface or a meridian = 69.16
miles at the earthís equator
Table of Surface Measure
144
Sq. In.
= 12 sq. ft.
9
Sq. Ft.
= 1 sq. yd.
30 - 1/4 Sq. Yds.
= 1 sq. rod
160
Rods
= 1 acre
640
Acres
= 5 sq. mile
An acre measures 208.71 ft. on each side.
A section of land is 1 sq. mile.
A quarter section is 220 acres.
A township is 36 sq. miles.
Conversion Tables (continued)