This section is from the book "Housekeeper's Handy Book", by Lucia Millet Baxter. Also available from Amazon: Housekeeper's Handy Book.
4 teaspoons equal 1 tablespoon.
2 teaspoons equal 1 dessert spoon. 2 dessert spoons equal 1 tablespoon.
8 tablespoons (liquid) equal 1 gill.
6 tablespoons (dry) equal 1 gill.
2 gills equal 1 cup.
2 cups equal 1 pint.
4 cups (liquid) equal 1 quart.
4 cups (dry) equal 1 quart.
2 cups butter equal 1 pound.
2 cups granulated sugar equal 1 pound.
2 cups liquid equal 1 pound.
1 tablespoon butter equals 1 ounce.
2 tablespoons flour equal 1 ounce. 2 tablespoons coffee equal 1 ounce.
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar equal 1 pound.
4 saltspoons equal 1 teaspoon.
2 tablespoons equal butter size of an egg.
1 fluid ounce equals 2 tablespoons.
1 drachm, or 60 drops, equals 1 teaspoon.
1 rounded tablespoon of granulated sugar, 2 of flour or powdered sugar, equals 1 ounce. 1 liquid gill equals 4 fluid ounces. 1 fluid ounce equals 8 drachms. Butter size of a small egg equals 2 ounces. 9 large or 12 small eggs (without shells) equal
1 pound.

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