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TABLE

OF

WEIGHTS

AND

MEASURES

REPERRED

TO

IN

THIS

WORK.

Thimbleful

=

30

drops

(rq).

Teaspoonful

=

60

drops

(5)*

Dessert-spoonful

=

2

fluid

drachms

(5).

Tablespoonful

=

4

fluid

drachms

(1-

oz.).

Wine-glassful

==

2

fluid

oz.

(g

of

a

wine-pint

°).

Tumblerful

=

8

fluid

oz.

(|

pint).

4

gills,

or

noggins

=

1

pint

(°).

2

pints

=

1

quart

(°ij).

4

quarts

=

1 gallon

(C).

63

gallons

=

1

hogshead.

84

gallons

=

1

puncheon.

apothecaries’

weight.

20

grains

=

1

scruple

(G)-

3

scruples

=

1

drachm

(5).

8

drachms

=

1

ounce

(§).

12

ounces

=

1

pound

(ft>.).

AVOIRDUPOIS

WEIGHT.

16

drachms

=

1

ounce.

16

ounces

=

1

pound.

Pinch

of

herbs

=

1

drachm

(5).

Handful

=

10

drachms

(5).

Printed

by

Woodfall

and

Kinder,

Milford

Lano,

Strand,

London,

W.C.