Cloth Measure
Description
This section is from the "A Complete Dictionary of Dry Goods" book, by George S. Cole. Also available from Amazon: A complete dictionary of dry goods and history of silk, cotton, linen, wool and other fibrous substances,: Including a full explanation of the modern processes ... together with various useful tables.
Cloth Measure
Cloth Measure. A standard system formerly employed for measuring the length and surface of cloth sold by the yard, but now practically out of use, the yard being divided into halves, quarters and sixteenths.
The table is: | |||
Yard. | Quarters. | Nails. | Inches. |
1 | = 4 = | 16 = | 36 |
1 = | 4 = | 9 | |
1 = | 2 1/4 |
Continue to:
My Books
