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Weights and Measures

Dry Measures

2 pints 1 quart
8 quarts 1 peck
4 pecks 1 bushel

Liquid Measures

2 pints 1 quart (2 lbs.)
4 quarts 1 gallon (8 lbs.)
10 gallons 1 pony keg (80 lbs.)
50 gallons 1 hogshead (400 lbs.)
5 hogsheads 1 tun (2000 lbs.)

Linear Measures

12 inches (“) 1 foot (')
3 feet 1 yard
6 feet 1 fathom
4,400 yards 1 league

Weight Measures

142 carats 1 ounce
16 drams 1 ounce
16 ounces 1 pound (lb)
14 pounds 1 stone
2 stone (28 lbs.) 1 quarter
4 quarters (112 lbs.) 1 hundredweight
20 hwghts (2240 lbs.) 1 ton

Coinage

4 farthings (f) 1 penny (d)
2 farthings 1 hapenny
3 pennies 1 thrupence
6 pennies 1 sixpence
12 pennies 1 shilling (s)
20 shillings 1 pound (L)
roleplaying/hero/ws/measures.txt · Last modified: 2015/01/26 19:24 by 127.0.0.1