Weights and Measures

Enjoy this useful conversion chart!

60 drops = 1 drachm = 1 teaspoon

4 saltspoonfuls = 1 teaspoonful

2 teaspoonfuls = 1 dessert-spoonful

3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon

4 tablespoonfuls = 1/2 gill or 1 wineglassful

16 tablespoons = 1 cup

1 wineglassful = 1/4 cup

2 gills = 1 tumbler

1 cupful = 2 gills or 1/2 pint

1 pint = 2 cupfulls

1 tumbler = 1 cup or 1/2 pint

1 pint of liquid = 16 ounces

2 pints = 1 quart

2 quarts = 1 pottle

2 pottles = 1 gallon

4 quarts = 1 gallon

2 gallons = 1 peck

4 pecks = 1 bushel

butter the size of a walnut = 1 ounce

butter the size of an egg = 2 ounces

10 eggs = 1 pound

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