The first lessons in numbers : an illustrated table book, designed for elementary instruction . Apothecaries Weight. LESSON LXXX.(See Manual, Sec. I, Exercise VII.) 20 grains (gr.) make 1 scruple, sc. or 3. 3 scruples make 1 dram. dr. or 3. 8 drams make 1 ounce, oz. or 3. 12 ounces make 1 pound, lb. or lb. 20 grs. 60 grs. 480 gra. 5760. 86 LONG MEASURE. M \ m. Long Measure. Teaohee.—Arthur, can you tell me how far a mile is? Aethur.—If I place 12 sticks an inch long in a row,the row will be afoot long. If I make a measure 3 times as long as the row ofsticks, it will be a yard measure, like the
The first lessons in numbers : an illustrated table book, designed for elementary instruction . Apothecaries Weight. LESSON LXXX.(See Manual, Sec. I, Exercise VII.) 20 grains (gr.) make 1 scruple, sc. or 3. 3 scruples make 1 dram. dr. or 3. 8 drams make 1 ounce, oz. or 3. 12 ounces make 1 pound, lb. or lb. 20 grs. 60 grs. 480 gra. 5760. 86 LONG MEASURE. M \ m. Long Measure. Teaohee.—Arthur, can you tell me how far a mile is? Aethur.—If I place 12 sticks an inch long in a row,the row will be afoot long. If I make a measure 3 times as long as the row ofsticks, it will be a yard measure, like the one on thetable. Five and a half times the yard measure will be a rod,and is just the width of the room, Forty times the width of the room is the distancebetween every other telegraph pole, or one furlong. Eight times the distance between every other tele-graph pole is the distance to the railroad-bridge, or onemile. LONG MEASURE. 87 LESSON LXXXI. (See Manual, Sec. I., Exercise VII.)ff^oiig Measure. Long measure is used for measuring distance. TABLE. 12 inches (in.) make 1 foot. feet make 1 yard. yd. T1 1°$* A \ make 1 \ rod> ^fh I halt yards j ( or pole, j 40 rods make 1 furlong. fur. 8 furlongs make 1 mile. mi. 69J statute miles ) i ^ ^.277 quarter miles f make 1 degree de^ 360 degrees make 1 circle of the earth, cir. Guliters Cha
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