Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-12-11

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So, of straw, 40'pounds. A load 80
trusscs.
Il EiyAm If Butler is 66 pounds a tub
81 pounds.
n Scotch Pint contains l0j cubic inches
and is equal TO a English rints,
"A Fdriot of Wheat is 81 IA Scotch
pints.
Troy Weight md .HroirdupoiSe Height.
One hundred and forty-four pounds
a%voirdupois are equal TO 10 pounds Troy
10 ounces Troy are equal to 1912 ounces
avoirdupois. All precious metals are
bought and sold by Troy weight.
The ~kilogramme of France is 1000
grnmmes md equal TO , pounds 2 ounces,
a grains uvoirdupois. ~.
II ChaIir0n1o Goal is IS 3-S cubic feet
generally estimated 80 bushels. A bushel
of anthracite coal weighs 80 pounds, which
makes the weight of a chaldron 2,SS0.
WsigH ora Cubic Foot-Of sand or
loose earth 80 pounds compact soil l2i /;
a strong or clayey soil 1917; pure clay l35
mixture Of stones and clay 100; masonry
Of stone 205; brick l25; cast iron $50 f;
steel 4S9 copper 1855 lead 700; silver
654; gold 1903; Platina 1918; glass $50;
wuter 62; tallow 50 cork Is; oak TIM
her 73; m%ohogany Sc air 0,0753. In
the above, fractions are discarded.
n Bale of Cotton, in Egypt, is 90pounds;
in America, a commercial bale is 400
pounds, but is put up in different States
varying from 2S0 to 100 pounds. Sea
Island cotton is put up in sacks Of 300
pounds.
"A Bale of Hay is 300 pounds.
n Cord of Wood is 1913 solid feet, usu-
ally put up & feet long 4 feet wide and
A feet high. In France a cord of wood is
$40 feet. I'D
n SYack of Hood is los solid feet 10
feet long, 3 high and 3widc.
n Skid of Woof is a round bundle of
small sticks, A feet long, girting for a one
notch, 16 inches rwo.notch, SO inches
three-notch, 2S inches; ~four-nolch, 81
inches; fve-notch, IS inches.
n Billet of wood is similar to a skid
being 3 feet long, Z, 10 and II inche.
round. They are sold by the score o,
hundred. A score is 20 in number.
Faggots are bundles of brush 3 fec
long and 2 feet round. a load of fagot
is so such bundles. Voc.
n qnintn1 of wood is 100 pounds. Al
fuel should be sold by the pound
n Perch of Some is % cubic feet, pile,
or % in the wall. .rr.r.gs..t ...
Lime and Sand to n perch of stone
Three pecks of lime, and two-thirds Of
one-horse cart load of sand.
I Wsigkt of Lime.-A bushel Of lime
stone weighs 142 pounds after it i
burned, il weighed directly from the kiln
rs pounds showing that 81 pounds o
r carhonic acid and water have been drive
off by fire. This hushel of lime will ali
5 sorb 90 pounds of water, gradually ar
I piled during several DAYS, and will the
be in a state of dry powder, weighing 9
pounds; showing that IL pounds of waite
have been converted into q solid, dry sui
y stance. 500 ...... u.r..r 90 aa.
+. To .lFdsure a Ton of Hay.-One hun
dred cubic feet of hay, in a solid lnow {
h stack. will weigh a ton.
IS To MEASURE Cattle by Compute Weigh
ASCERTAIN the girth back of the shool,
ers, and the length along the back, fro
IS the SQUARE of the bullock, to a point evt
er with the point of the shoulder blade; 81
re the girth is 6 feet A inches, and q
al length s feet 3 inches, which multipli'
G. together, gives 81 feet. Multiply this
"a %, the number of pounds allowed to Il
err foot, between s and 2 feet girth, and t
ne result is 7l3 pounds, for the number
DO pounds of beef in the four quarter
g. Girths, from z to 9 feet, allow 81 poun
In to the foot. Cattle must be fat and squa
he built to hold out weight.
" To .Masme Grain IN Bins, multiT
the length and width together. and Il
> product by the height in cubic inches, n
., divide by also, and you have the mn
70 Der of bushels,
nd To Measure Corn in the Ear. find {
nd cubic inches as above, and divide
r. isis, the cubic inches in a heaped bu,
In ell, and take two-thirds of the quotient
TO the number of bushels of shelled col
This is upon the rule of giving thr
un heaping half-bushelS of ears to make
lly bushel of grain. Some falls short a
m some overruns this measure.
III Board .MaSurc-Boards are sold
y face measure. Multiply the width
lys inches OF any number Of pieces of eql
y length, BY the inches of the length. ]
'e vide by IA, and the q]uotient is the nu
her of feet, for any thickness under
inch. Every fourth inch increase
thickness adds a fourth to the number
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