This section is from the book "Cookery From Experience", by Sara T. Paul. Also available from Amazon: Cookery From Experience.
To Go By For The Recipes In This Book
8 drachms,.....1 ounce.
16 ounces......1 pound.
28 pounds,.....1 quarter of a hundred
4 gills,........... 1 pint.
2 pints,.......... 1 quart
4 quarts,......... 1 gallon.
2 pints,.......... 1 quart.
8 quarts, ......... 1 peck.
4 pecks, ......... 1 bushel.
A medium-sized teaspoon contains about a drachm. Four teaspoons are equal to one tablespoon. Four tablespoons are equal to one wine-glass. A wine-glass holds half a gill. A tablespoon holds half an ounce.
 
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