FoodNet

A manual of home-making

1919

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Presented as published in 1919. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
5H yard* « 1 rod or pnli " rod* 70S0 cubU* ineliefl ' 40 8 furloQst *• 3 milea » Linear MmmBt«$ (tpecin/); 1000 mitb 72 point* 4 inebe* 7 »2incb«i 0 Incfae* flfeet 40 yard* 10 chain* 50B0 20reet Li0iuf Mtature: 4silb 2 pint* 4 quart* 31 H Kfillon* 2 barrel* 1 furlong I fttatuLc mile (1700 yaid*. or 52S0 feet) 1 leaiBue 1 inch 1 inrh 1 hAod 1 Burvei'or'* link 1 apan 1 fathom 1 bolt {cloth) 1 furloDE 1 nautical mile « M51fl Btatulc milea fiTmnatl — 1 pint — 1 quart — 1 fl^llon — 1 barrel — 1 bafshawl paper* the otd m*a*ure ia *tilt in uae: 24 sheets » 1 quire 20 quire* * 1 ream (480 •!»««*) HOUSEHOLD MEASUREMENTS AND THEIR USE U TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES — ConHniAed For papers put up ia c&af'», bundles, nr frames tho fallowiac mvoaure ift now used: 25 EiheL'tA - 1 quire 20 guiroii - 1 sliuidftrd ream (fiOO ahieeto) Sqitan Mmturt: 8vrwytfr*M Mtanire,' 144 square ipchcs » 1 squaiv foot 9 square feel 30^ Kiuiiira yarda ItiO squAre roda 640 meres 39 iquaro milea ■quaro yard =* I tiquttro itxl or perch " 1 ttcrt? — 1 t^jwDship (li niiic* fiquare) 625 9quan!< Unkv 7,fl3mchea •* I link (Cun tor's or survey or'aj 100 linkii - 1 chain ( = Qti fc-et) 80 chiunji = 1 milu Timu MfOMun: Trou WHffht: 10 (sRiuarw) poles 10 MquEire chaina or 100 square rod* 040 acres 30 square miles ^1 (square) poto or iquare rod -1 square obain (survey or's) * 1 acre — 1 square mile » I t4)wnj9ltip 00 seconds 60 minutes 24 hours 7 days 365 days 360 days 24 gnloA 20 p«nny vreiffhta 12 OUI1CC4 Carat (for prwiousi stones) ^ 200 niillicfaius. term having mauv vutaes in vapou^t cuuntries. Karat (fineaeas of gold) «= l/2t (by weight) goJd. gold: IS karats tao > 18/24 pure gold. 1 minute 1 hour = I day — 1 w&iik — 1 year ■ 1 leap year "= 1 p«niiyweighl — 1 ounce 1 pound (Troy) The carat was formerly un ambiguous For example, 24 kamta fine - pure INTERNATIONAL METRIC SYSTEM In. the iotcniBtJoiial metric sysiem the fundament at unit Is the meter — the unit of length. From this tlie unitJ* of ciipariiy iUu^r] ftud td woigbt (^rum} wt^ro derive<i All other units are the decirtud a ubtii visions or mtiliipli^ of ihe^se. Thcitc thn?e tinits are simply relalud; e. g., for all practical piirpo^es 1 Pubic deeimetor cqimU 1 liter and i littjr of w»ter weighs 1 kttogram. The metric tahle« are ioTmeti by combniiiie the words " meter." "gram,*' and "liter" with the aii: stumericfd prefijcc»t as in the following tables- i*ft/tx€t Meaninif Unitt milli- - one thousandth 1 1000 1 O.OOl "meter'* ' for length centi- ** one hundredth ,01 M 100 1 ■ deci- _ one tenth 1 10 Uait _ one I "gram** < for weight or mass deka- ■• too 10 becto- ■ one hundred 100 "lit«t" "tor capacity kib- " otie thousand 1000 I One meter — 39.3? inches; 1 liter * I.O.'^? liqutd quarts; 1 gram •■ 0.035 aTolrdupois ounce. i I d 168 A MANUAL OF HOME-MAKING INTERNATIONAL METRIC STSTEM-ConfmiMeT UniiM of Length milUmeter « ewiti mater « deoimster * METER - dekuMter » heetomeCer 0.001 .01 .1 1 10 100 kUometer - 1000 Umtt of CapaeUy milliliter - oeotiliter ■* deciliter « LITER - dekaliter - hectoliter « kiloliter - 0.001 titer .01 .1 1 10 100 1000 UniU of ir«t0Al (or Mom) milUgnm ■* centigram « deciffram « GRAM - dekagram «