Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . rains and divided into 16 ounces, ami theounce into 16 drams; the Troy pound of 5,760 grainsdiviiled into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 penny-weights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains ; theapothecaries weight of 5,760 grains, divided into 12ounces, the ounce into 8drams, the dram into 3 scru-ples, and the scruple into 20grains. The grain is theconstant. See boo
Knight's American mechanical dictionary : a description of tools, instruments, machines, processes and engineering, history of inventions, general technological vocabulary ; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts . rains and divided into 16 ounces, ami theounce into 16 drams; the Troy pound of 5,760 grainsdiviiled into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 penny-weights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains ; theapothecaries weight of 5,760 grains, divided into 12ounces, the ounce into 8drams, the dram into 3 scru-ples, and the scruple into 20grains. The grain is theconstant. See books onweights and measures, Has-wells Handbook, and thespecific index under Me-ters. Among measuring devicesare those known as rules,sticks, tapes, lines, etc. Seealso lists under Gages, C.\l-culating and measuring iInsthuments, DkaftingAND Mathematical In-struments. Besides these may be sim-ply mentioned measuringfaucets, funnels, pumps,board, cloth, lumber, sur-veyors, tailors, tire meas-ures, etc. See also succeed-ing articles, which describemeasuring attachments fortanks, stills, casks, faucets,funnels, tires, etc. 2. (Joinery.) Sirighmcas-lire is square on both sides ;double measure molded on Mrasurin^-Ai^ Fig MEASUKING-APPARATUS. 1413 MEASURING-FAUCET. both sides ; measure and a half, molded on one side,sijuare on the other. 3. (iliniiiij.) A stratum or bed of coal. 4. (PrinliiHj.) a. The space in a composing-stickbetween the end aud the slide. The length of aline. b. The width of a column or of a page of type. Measur-ing-appa-ratus. A device for meas-urinj, liquid in transitu, lu Fig. 3096 the Ihiuidflows into the measuring-globe, and by the rotationof the faucet is shut off from the induction-pipe anddrawn otf by the eduction-faucet. The globe is ofknown capacity, and the successive fillings and emp-tyings are counted. Fig. 3097.
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