. Diary, July 16-August 30, 1906 while collecting in Virginia and West Virginia. Herpetology; Herpetologists. Measures of ^votrduj»ozs • r pound equals 7000 grain : 16 dramsf i oSce- 16 ounces, i pound ; 112 pounds, 1 hundred' weight; 20 hundredweight, i ton. rZv-r pound equals 5760 grains; 24 grains, iSfnnv weight; 20 pennyweights, i ounce; 12 o^ince?" 1 pound. ^j>o^/tecarzes: i pound equ^ls^^,^ Hr^^l 20 grams, x scruple ; 1 scruples, i drlm^ 8 drams, i ounce ; 12 ounces, 1 pound ' iJll^^^^^^ 9^ Length. Cusiomary • 12 inches equal i foot; ley^ feet, i rod; 40 rods 1 furlong ;
. Diary, July 16-August 30, 1906 while collecting in Virginia and West Virginia. Herpetology; Herpetologists. Measures of ^votrduj»ozs • r pound equals 7000 grain : 16 dramsf i oSce- 16 ounces, i pound ; 112 pounds, 1 hundred' weight; 20 hundredweight, i ton. rZv-r pound equals 5760 grains; 24 grains, iSfnnv weight; 20 pennyweights, i ounce; 12 o^ince?" 1 pound. ^j>o^/tecarzes: i pound equ^ls^^,^ Hr^^l 20 grams, x scruple ; 1 scruples, i drlm^ 8 drams, i ounce ; 12 ounces, 1 pound ' iJll^^^^^^ 9^ Length. Cusiomary • 12 inches equal i foot; ley^ feet, i rod; 40 rods 1 furlong ; 8 furlongs, i statute mile; i statute mfle 1760 yards; i marine league, 3^kul eq^?als™^g;2/e?t.*°"' ' '''''' ' -"tick? ^ Surface or Square Measure.— Cus. iomary: 144 square inches equal i square fo?t • 9 square feet, i square yard ; square vardV I square rod; 40 square rods,^i squire Jood- i square roods, i acre; 640 acres, i square mile• 1 acre equals feet square. mue, T^ffi^i^nK- Customary • flit ? Cubic'l'.^rH' ^^"^l-^ "-"^'^ =^7CU^-C leet, I cubic yard ; 40 cubic feet of round timber ?ubfc'f|et"of^" timber,"i ton^ 128 cuDic teet of wood (4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet) greatlj. ^ ^ ^°"t, but varies 27J'2S^r,l?»jJ^-^'^^^^-^—gallon equals l&Pi r^nl^. '^^K^' °' ^•='°°32 U. S. gallons; 4 gills, I pint; 2 pints, i quart; 4 quarts? i gallon! Dry i bushel equals 21W 42 cu- 1 bic inches; 2 pints, i quart; 4 quarts, i gallon • 1 2 gallons, I peck; 4 pecks, i bushel" ^ ' J. The time of high water at the places following- may be found approximately for each dav by add- ing or subtracting from the time of high water at New-York the hours and minutes annexed. H. M. Albany, N. Y + Annapolis, + AsburyPark, N. J.— Atlantic City,N, J.— Baltimore, + Bar Harbor, Me,.+ Beaufort, S. — Block Isl'd, R. I.— Boston, Mass + B
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