Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-17


loot contains 10 inches, oach mon
10 lines, each line 10 pointi 10 ieet
were 20 make n decaU; 10 dncausA r0Oi,
10 ROOFS furlons; ~ iufiongs mile
Tue cubii foot waB 10 constitute
bushel, which with mulupiua
and fractions dscimaliy Determined
was g. furnish the secondary
units Tor liquid aut dry mua'ufe, aud
the weight OF donnite voiums OF
water was TO constitute tile unit OF
weight. This rep It was never favor.
no y acted upon, W. the prop sitlon OF
france TO establish an iuietmrulAte
system then was growing In favor.
In my efficient system, precision OF
terms musl be secureI; titat u, each
term should possess a definite hguih.
cauce. This desirable cJndiiiou u not
feanzed In our prescott nomenclature.
Thus the term "quauD conveys 80 Ux.
pliclt meaning, iur beer measure
quart cOuaisie Of 700 cubic incu,Fj
while quart Ia dry MEASURE IL 0I.2
cubic inches, Ind Un tel states
iiqud quurt h0ius but 5GT5 cubic
inchus. 80 In regard 10 tue gallJu; n
wine meAsufe gallon consists 81 ~
cubic inunts, Dry MEASURE gallon .DS
l. cuuic iuchrt; anu Deer gallon ~
cubic inchte.
Tho complicated nature Of our usual
tables VI measurements may be seen "a
the great nuiubsr VI diii rent f.oiirs to
be used In reducing measurement; Of
Uns denomination " thUso Of all
Oiher.
Tnus we see from our long measure;
Al inCh contains ! . lines.
A I'M %. inches.
A faol=i4i nnes, Or ~ inches, or
l.5l + lluA-.
A ysro-l32 lines, 80 inches, ~
links, or icrt.
A iathom 38I lines, ~ inches, 9
leei, or yards.
a foI, role or PEREZ 10 inches, or
i0l ect, Or % yards uf - .,tuoms.
a chaiu- 7J2 tuches. 40 huks, 60
itui, - y,ras, n fsthon-,If ir1Ia.
a funoug VS. iuclts, 1000 links,
500 feet, 80 Sarus, 10 igtnJnis, or 4
rods.
A mile. o., $50 inuhe,, 5000 links,
5,22U 10 I, l,7oJ y,tds. $50 iatnoms, 80
tOIs, 50 cbsiBs o. 8 iurOugs.
he mul ipioiy Ui actors necessary
IA ordinary uDmpu ,AtiOus ~ cOmpluud
hunters were hnUwn Ia the ease vi
measures Of weight, (ayoiuupop. hoy
and aro,hscsry'sl capacity, etc., by
elaborate tabes exhiuited before tho
nuIipnCr.
la the common units Of weight we
have 10 deal with thfeu separate tables,
eacn uIrl ustsi Ia lts-ii, aud 0raflng
40 simple relation to tuc other systems:
| rgicf TO tue avordupUi-, tue II y ,and
me apotheuafits weign,s. ruuao nave
tut Ohu unlt Ia cumuOn-the gram.
lnus au avUrdu, ois ufarhm contains
80 grains, ani an npJtnrcafivs'
uf-ehm 90 gfRtna The Troy paund
c.u,Alns b, 100 graius, while an av0fdu.
pyuuu cUnsists VI 5,OUJ gfalns.
Euon complications Htu runiered the
more annoying by tuu provincial sig.
niiicauuna siven " teTme o. measure
mont IN trade. Thus iu Great Britain,
lar q COZ, " hooked, are sold by the
score; Travelled oOu, 80 much npiror,
anu picked cod by thv barrel. / saws
DO desire TO eNAggefato the eccentric
basis Of Uarter cJmmon am1ng our
Transatlantic fTicn o, 80 Gull tho J.
loving iuols VI BRUSH tfnue from
c0mparat ,yely recent article by an
| English wfiter-Mr. COUSINS, OF
LuBdf. At GumsbY, an important
nth market, "A rtylp OF waiguts
anu msasutes, very different ifOm
tuat In use At Bilnngtgato Il adopted.
ruus, while tho lauus place OF uu-
savoy repute. hsh may be disposed VI
| by "ths pound" "tne NJ ne,p "thr
paif," "lhs baskv "and"Ihe hundred"
| hs Gnmsby deaiiugs In fsh are ecu.
duotrd largely Uy "the boa, % anu "the
/ last" IL 10 sAiI tnat NJ Oumsby a
customer recently called lot u stone Of
oysters Ani was Informed that there
Oyst,rs were not sold by weigLt, but
ny measure. "Ah," replied The In.
| tended purchaser, "iet mo have a
yaTl." In Ireland, butter Il SOLD by
tue cask, tpa the hfku; IN EuglauJ
by the pIu Fl. (lB uunort), Or tue roll
/ "a Ounctsl, by tur stIne, anu tue nun
| lTedwoight, which lat Il HOt a nun.
bred pounus, bu liz. rne VIII. Just
quoted asks, "Wnat IL l8aY2" AMI
answnrt-A LOAD OF straw In 1895
B3unle, a LOAD Of old hay IL 2.Ul6
pounds, aud load OF new hay 2,lIO
| pounds, But my tables no not toll uiu 1T
what axe hay bee m3i DID," s., u
| Il Kin OF butter l. 90 pJuuit, a htklu Of
eUAp % pounds, aud q fifkin VI raisln4
III pounds. A hUgsneai Oi beer II 6i
gallons, Of wine 63 gnllIns. A pipe OF
wine may DO 0i gaiiOus, or o., or III,
" 1903, or lOJ gallons, ueponuiug
upon tue locality OF tue vintage.
A stone weight Of man IL II pounds.
VI deal OK s, ptuuJtj "a stone Of
cheese II 10 POUNDS, OF glass o pounds,
u hemp D. iounuf; STONE OF laK At
Bel.a,. Is l6l plund,, but NJ DOWN
laltick, - pounds; while n hundred
weight o pUtk Ia plunls heavier at
Belfast tnnn II h at Cork" Mr..
Cousins adds: IA barrel OF beef II . 10
pounlt; butter 22i bounds, n1ur 1873
pounds, sot soap @66 pnu d., beer 80
gallons, tar 20l gallons; whist barrel
VI behring's 10 0JO nerrlngs."
Ptrheus we console ourselves that
we arc far ltfs eccentric In these mat.
ters than are cur British TelaIvtf, but
there IN much reason 90 believe that by
The timo our civilization " ~ Old As
Euglald's, should our present. tUnluu-
cy undergo no change, wo will he u .ily
~ blamvworthy no uTe they whom we
now lsugh ~. rhele Ia n woeiul lack
ot uniformity among tho states OF our
Union; lhus, In most OF the states, u
bushei Of ry,=i6 pounds Avoriupoisi
while In California Il IL 81 pounds, anu
Ia louisiana % pounds. A busnel VI
oats 10 70 pounds Maryland; 8Jpound8
In Penntylvnnia, Maine, Now Hamp.
shife aud some other statet;S2 pounds In
Vermont, New York, Michigan and
many othOrs, "a pounds IN Nebraska,
25 In Montana and 80 In Washington.
3 potatoes, though designated by tho
bushel are usually sold by weight, %
pounds To the hushel In Washing ton,