The San Francisco call., 1909-04-05
Answers to Queries

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WEIGHTS. NJ. City. Why are there
three kinds OF weights In use. the apothecsries
the troy and the avoirdupois?
I Has not the ounce and the pound the same
weight in one as in all?
! Avoirdupois weight is a system of
weights by which coarser commodities
are weighed. such as hay. grain. butter
and tea The standard avoirdupois
pound of the United States is equiva-
| lent to the weight of 27.7015 cubic
| inches of distilled water at 81 de-
| grees Fahrenheit. the barometer be-
! ing at 80 inches and the water weighed
In the air with brass weights. In this
! system Of weights Is drains make one
ounce, 16 ounces one pound, % pounds
one quarter, 4 quarters one hundred
weight and 20 hundredweight one ton.
| The above pound contains 1000 grains
or 453.54 grams. so that one pound
ayoirdupois is equivalent to l 31-144
pounds troy.
| Apothecaries weights is the system
| of weights by which medical pre-
scriptions were formerly compounded.
| The pound and ounce are the same as
in troy weight; they differ only In the
manner of subdivision. The ounce is
divided into s drains. "a scrupIes, $50
grains. Troy weight Is the system by
which gold and silver, jewels and the
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from Troyes in France where it was
first adopted in Europe The troy
ounce is supposed to have been brought
from Cairo during the crusades. In
| this weight the pound is divided into II
ounces. the ounce into 90 pennyweights,
and the pennyweights into "a grains;
Hence the troy ounce contains $50
grains and the troy pound contains
$3.50 grains.
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| kSPARAGUS@S. v. p, City. What is the
French method of cooking asparagus?
The following is the method as
| given by French chef: Pick the loose
leaves from the heads and scrape the
stalks clean. Wash them in a pan of
cold water. tie them up in bundles of
20 each, keeping the heads turned the
same way; cut the stalks even leav-
| ing them about eight inches long.
Put the asparagus in hot water with
small handful of salt in it and boil
| for 90 minutes and when done drain
carefully upon a napkin to avoid
breaking off the heads Dish them up
| on square thick piece of toasted
bread dipped in the water in which
they have been boiled and send them
| to table with white sauce.
SACRIFICE HIT-Not fan. City. What is
meant by sacrifice hit in baseball?
1t is hit made by a batsman who
makes no attempt to hit the ball out
of the diamond, but bunts the ball in
tentionally in such a way that he adj
vances the base runner one or two
bases though he is put out himself.
| II the batsman reaches first, because of
an error. he is credited with sacrifice
hit just the same
| HERAIDRY-N.. Berkeley. Cal What rules
govern the usage OF coat of arms?
The rules are many and would occupy
| more space than can be devoted to any
one question in this department. Go
to the free library in Oakland and there
| you will find works on heraldry and
articles in the encyclopedias which will
give you all the information you de-
sire on this subject.
! ANCESTRY--N.. Berkeley, CAL Where can
one obtain information regarding his ancestry !?
AS you do not state what part of the
world your ancestors came from this
| department can not advise you where
such Information could be obtained, and
again, as such researches are made by
! private parties, this department can not
advertise them.
ARGENTINE REPUBLIc-D. A. w, Red
ding. Cal. Where ] obtain reliable infor-
man who wants to go to the Argentine republicg
| Write to Charles s. Wilson, secre-
| tary to the United Stateas legation at
Buenos Aires. and tell him just what
you want to know.
| SEALED PACKAGES-T L. CITY. IL re-
tall grocer or retail fruit dealer obtains a LIQUOR
dealers license tax from the internal revenue
department, does that permit him to sell sealed
packages Of liquor of less than quart?
1t does not. 1t allows him to sell
packages containing quart
RICHEST MAN-w. G.. City. Who is the
richest in the worldg
That is a question which no one
can answer, rs the richest man has
not taken the public into his confidence
and told it how much he is worth.
WAR yETERANS-I4. F.. b., Alameda. Cal
Is there any California law that exempts
honorably discharged soldiers and sailors OF the
Spanish American war from the payment OF
poll tax?
There is none.
NO RUN--R.. Port Costa. Cal. In a game OF
crib A plays 4. plays 5. plays and ID
plays g. Is not ID entitled to count run Of 3
No. The sequence is broken by the
two fives in succession.
DIRECT0RY--A. o. s.. city. Where can
see Sacramento city directory7
/ In the Office of the San Francisco.
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