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* * * Of a Pound. _s. d_. 10 0 are half 6 8 --- third 5 0 --- fourth 4 0 --- fifth 3 4 --- sixth 2 6 --- eighth 1 8 --- twelfth 1 0 --- twentieth Of a shilling. 6_d_. are half 4 --- third 3 --- fourth 2 --- sixth 1 --- twelfth * * * * * _Time_. 60 seconds 1 minute 60 minutes 1 hour 24 hours 1 day 7 days 1 week 4 weeks 1 lunar month 12 cal. mon. 1 year 13 lunar months, 1 day, 6 hours, or 365 days, 6 hours, 1 year. Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Save February, which alone Hath twenty-eigth, except Leap year, And twenty-nine is then its share. * * * * * _Troy Weight_. 24 grains 1 pennywt. 20 pennywhts. 1 ounce 12 ounces 1 pound * * * * * _Avoirdupoise Weight_. 16 drams 1 ounce 16 ounces 1 pound 28 pounds 1 quarter 4 quarters 1 hund. wt. 20 hund. wt. 1 ton * * * * * _ Apothecaries Weight._ 20 grains 1 scruple 3 scruples 1 dram 8 drams 1 ounce 12 ounces 1 pound * * * * * _Wool Weight_. 7 pounds 1 clove 2 cloves 1 stone 2 stones 1 tod 61/2 tods 1 wey 2 weys 1 sack 12 sacks 1 last * * * * * _Wine Measure_. 2 pints 1 quart 4 quarts 1 gallon 10 gallons 1 ank. brandy 42 gallons 1 tierce 63 gallons 1 hogshead 84 gallons 1 puncheon 2 hogsheads 1 pipe 2 pipes 1 ton * * * * * _Ale and Beer Measure_. 2 pints 1 quart 4 quarts 1 gallon 8 gallons 1 firkin of ale 9 gallons 1 firk. of beer 2 firkins 1 kilderkin 2 kilderkins 1 barrel 14 barrel 1 hogshead 2 barrels 1 puncheon 3 barrels 1 butt * * * * * _Coal Measure_. 4 pecks 1 bushel 9 bushels 1 vat or strike 3 bushels 1 sack 12 sacks 1 chaldron 91 chaldron 1 score * * * * * _Dry Measure_. 2 pints 1 quart 2 quarts 1 pottle 2 pottles 1 gallon 2 gallons 1 peck 4 pecks 1 bushel
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