This section is from the "Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas Recipes Processes" encyclopedia, by Norman W. Henley and others.
For ordinary measuring purposes a wineglass may be said to hold 2 ounces.
A tablespoon, 0.5 ounce.
A dessertspoon, 0.25 ounce.
A teaspoon, 1/8 ounce, or 1 drachm.
A teacupful of sugar weighs 0.5 pound.
Three tablespoonfuls weigh 0.25 pound.
 
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