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The standard pound Avoirdupois is the weight of
27.7015 cuhic inches distilled water at temperature and
barometer named,and weighed in the air.
1 gallon of ale, - -
weighs 10.05 lbs.
1 gallon of sperm oil, -
"
1 gallon of linseed oil, - - "
1 gallon of proof spirits, -
"
1 gallon of spirits of turpentine, "
LIQUID MEASURE.
4 gills, -
2 pints,
4 quarts, - - - - "
7i lbs.
7i lbs.
7lbs.and 15 oz.
7 lbs. and 5 oz.
make 1 pint.
" 1 quart.
" 1 gallon-
WINE MEASURE.
Sli gallons,
42 gallons,
63 gallons,
2 hogsheads,
2 pipes.
make 1 barrel.
" 1 tierce.
" 1 hogshead.
" 1 pipe or butt.
" 1 tun.
DERIVATION OF OUR LANGUAGE.
Over three-eights of the words in the English lan
guage are derived from the Latin, over one-fourth from
the French, about one-tenth from the Saxon, and a
little less from the Greek. The indebtedness to other
languages is small.