Part 41
144 Square Inches, that is, 12 by 12, make 1 Square Foot 9 Square Feet 1 Yard 30¼ sq. Yards, or 272¼ sq. Feet 1 Pole 40 Sq. Poles, or Perches 1 Rood 4 Square Roods, or 160 sq. Rods. 1 Acre 30 Acres 1 Yardd. of Land 100 Acres 1 Hide of Do. 640 Sq. Acres 1 Sq. M. of Land 100 Sq. Feet 1 Sq. of flooring, &c. 272¼ Sq. Feet 1 Rod of brick work
⁂ Land is measured by Gunter’s Chain, which is divided into 100 links, each link 6 inches and 6-10ths long, and the whole Chain being 4 Rods, or 22 Yards, or 66 Feet in length; so that 10 Chains in length and 1 in breadth, or 4840 square Yards, make an Acre.
By this measure not only land, but all other superficies, such as paving, flooring, plastering, roofing, tiling, &c. are measured.
CUBIC MEASURE.
1728 Cubic Inches, that is, 12 long, 12 broad, and 12 thick, make 1 Cubic Foot 27 Cubic Feet 1 Cubic Yard
N.B. This measure relates to length, breadth, and thickness, and _remains unaltered_.
CLOTH MEASURE.
N.B. _The basis of this measure is the Imperial Standard Yard, established in 1760;—and remains unaltered_.
2¼ Inches make 1 Nail 4 Nails, or 9 In. 1 Qr. of a Yd. 4 Quarters, or 16 Nails 1 Yard 5 Quarters 1 Ell English 3 Quarters 1 Ell Flemish 6 Quarters 1 Ell French
HAY AND STRAW.
36 lbs. of Straw, make 1 Truss 56 lbs. of Old Hay 1 Truss 60 lbs. of New Hay 1 Truss 36 Trusses 1 Load 2 Trusses 1 Cwt. 20 Cwt. 1 Ton
WOOL WEIGHT.
7 Pounds make 1 Clove 2 Cloves (14 lbs.) 1 Stone 2 Stones (28 lbs.) 1 Todd 6½ Todds 1 Wey 2 Weys 1 Sack 12 Sacks 1 Last
TIME.
60 Seconds make 1 Minute 60 Minutes 1 Hour 24 Hours 1 Day 7 Days 1 Week 4 Weeks or 28 Days 1 Month 13 Months, or 12 Calendar Months, or 365 Days and nearly 6 Hours 1 Year
N.B. Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; February Twenty-eight alone, And all the rest have Thirty-one.
⁂ In Leap Year, which happens every fourth Year, February hath 29 Days.
EQUAL PARTS OF A HUNDRED WEIGHT.
84 lbs. 3 Qrs. of a Cwt. 56 lbs. 2 Qrs. or half a Cwt. 28 1 Qr. or 1-4th of a Cwt. 16 1-7th of a Cwt. 14 1-8th of a Cwt. 8 1-14th of a Cwt. 7 1-16th of a Cwt. 3½ 1-32nd of a Cwt.
EQUAL PARTS OF A TON.
_cwt. qrs._ 10 0 half a Ton 5 0 1-4th of a Ton 4 0 1-5th of a Ton 2 2 1-8th of a Ton 2 0 1-10th of a Ton 1 1 1-16th of a Ton 1 0 1-20th of a Ton
STAMP DUTIES FOR BILLS AND RECEIPTS.
_RECEIPTS._
£ £ _s. d._
2 and under 5 0 2 5 10 0 3 10 20 0 6 20 50 1 0 50 100 1 6 100 200 2 6 200 300 4 0 300 500 5 0 500 1000 7 6 1000 and upwards 10 0 Receipt in full 10 0
The Receiver to find the Stamp.
_BILLS, &._
| At or under | Exceeding | 2 months | 2 months | date or 60 | date or 60 | days sight. | days sight. +-------------+------------- £ _s._ £ _s._ | _s. d._ | _s. d._ 2 0 not ex. 5 5 | 1 0 | 1 6 5 5 20 0 | 1 6 | 2 0 20 0 30 0 | 2 0 | 2 6 30 0 50 0 | 2 6 | 3 6 50 0 100 0 | 3 6 | 4 6 100 0 200 0 | 4 6 | 5 0 200 0 300 0 | 5 0 | 6 0 300 0 500 0 | 6 0 | 8 6 500 0 1000 0 | 8 6 | 12 6 1000 0 2000 0 | 12 6 | 15 0 2000 0 3000 0 | 15 0 | 25 0 Exceeding 3000 0 | 25 0 | 30 0
⁂ For the FORMS of a RECEIPT, NOTES, &c. see page 42.
=A TABLE=
Showing the number of days from any day in one month to the same day in any other month, throughout the year.
+--------------+------+------+------+-------+-----+------+ | To | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May | June | +--------------+------+------+------+-------+-----+------+ | { Jan. | 365 | 31 | 59 | 90 | 120 | 151 | | { Feb. | 334 | 365 | 28 | 59 | 89 | 120 | | { Mar. | 306 | 337 | 365 | 31 | 61 | 92 | | { April | 275 | 306 | 334 | 365 | 30 | 61 | | { May | 245 | 276 | 304 | 335 | 365 | 31 | | From { June | 214 | 245 | 273 | 304 | 334 | 365 | | { July | 184 | 215 | 243 | 273 | 304 | 335 | | { Aug. | 153 | 184 | 212 | 243 | 273 | 304 | | { Sept. | 122 | 153 | 181 | 212 | 242 | 273 | | { Oct. | 92 | 123 | 151 | 182 | 212 | 243 | | { Nov. | 61 | 92 | 120 | 151 | 181 | 212 | | { Dec. | 31 | 62 | 90 | 121 | 151 | 182 | +--------------+------+------+------+-------+-----+------+
+--------------+------+------+-------+------+------+------+ | To | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | +--------------+------+------+-------+------+------+------+ | { Jan. | 181 | 212 | 243 | 273 | 304 | 334 | | { Feb. | 150 | 181 | 212 | 242 | 273 | 303 | | { Mar. | 122 | 153 | 184 | 214 | 245 | 275 | | { April | 91 | 122 | 153 | 183 | 214 | 244 | | { May | 61 | 92 | 123 | 153 | 184 | 214 | | From { June | 30 | 61 | 92 | 122 | 153 | 183 | | { July | 365 | 31 | 62 | 92 | 123 | 153 | | { Aug. | 334 | 365 | 31 | 61 | 92 | 122 | | { Sept. | 303 | 334 | 365 | 30 | 61 | 91 | | { Oct. | 273 | 304 | 335 | 365 | 31 | 61 | | { Nov. | 242 | 273 | 304 | 334 | 365 | 30 | | { Dec. | 212 | 243 | 274 | 304 | 335 | 365 | +--------------+------+------+-------+------+------+------+
_In Leap Year, when February intervenes_, add one day _to the calculation._
INDEX
Page.
Abbreviations in writing and printing, _Appendix_ 38 ————————————— and characters in common use, _Appendix_ 41 Accomplishments, Educational, 274 Acetous Acid, to make, 190 Acquaintances, caution in forming, 29 Adder, for the poison of the, 326 Address, modes of, in writing and speaking, _Appendix_ 36 Adulteration of Wine, detection of, 357 Adulterated Provisions, 213 Advice to Servants in General, 17 Agreement of Servants, _Appendix_ 11 Almond Bloom, to make, 162 —————— Paste, _ibid._ —————— Milk, 309 Aloetic Pills, to make, 310 Anchovies, to imitate, 121 Angelica, to candy, 116 Animation, to restore Suspended, 322 Aniseed, Compound Spirit of, 317 Ankle, for a sprained, 325 Antibilious Pills, to make, 310 Aperient Draught, 320 Apoplectic Fit, to relieve an, 322 Apprentices, _directions to_, 418 Apples, to store, 62 Apricots, to preserve, 115 Aromatic Tincture, 314 Asses’ Milk, Substitute for, 307
Bacon, to choose, 80 Bad Breath, remedy for, 247 Bailiff, see Land Steward, 327 Balsam of Honey, 315 Baking, articles and joints for, 204 Barberries, to preserve, 113 Bardolph Pimple, to remove, 242 Bark, Tincture of Peruvian, 316 ————, Huxham’s Tincture of, 316 Barley Sugar, to make, 102 Barley Water, 305 Bath, to make a warm, 322 Barometer of temperance and intemperance, _Appendix_ 33 Bechamel, or white sauce, to make, 209 Bed-rooms, management of, 289 Beef, to choose, 75 ————, joints of, 76 Beef and Mutton, to boil, 197 Beef-tea, to make, 306 Bees, to avoid injury from, 326 Beverages, Miscellaneous, to make, 191 Bible recommended, 37 Bill of Fare, Cook’s, 219 ————————————, Etiquette of, 57 Biscuits, Fancy, to make, 98 ————————, Sponge, 99 Blacking, to make, 390 Black Cloth, to revive, 366 ———————————, to take stains out of, 367 Blancmanges, to make, 100 Bleeding, to relieve sudden, 321 Board Wages, 8 Boiling, Instructions for, 195 ———————, Examples in, 197 Bon Bons, to make, 102 Bottle-Jack, 201 Books, choice of, in Education, 274 Boot Tops, liquid for cleaning, 384 —————————, to clean, 392 Breeches Ball, to make, 366 Brine for Pickling, 122 British Wines, 123 —————————————, Management of, 153 —————————————, Vatting, Fermenting, and Flavouring of, 124 —————————————, Racking, Fining, and Bottling, 126 —————————————, to restore pricked, 344 Broiling, Instructions for, 205 Broths, Soups, and Gravies, to prepare, 208 Browning, to make, 211 Bucellas Wine, to manage, 351 Buns, Common, to make, 96 ————, Cross, to make, _ibid._ Burns or Scalds, to cure, 324 Butchers’-Meat, 74 ——————————————, Management of, 214 BUTLER, the, 339 —————— Wages, 342 ——————, sundry receipts for, 358–360 ——————, UNDER, 394 Butter, to choose, 10 ——————, to make Salt, Fresh, 299 ——————, winter store of, 297
Cakes, making, 89 —————, Almond, 94 —————, Apple, 100 —————, Bambury, 94 —————, Bath, 92 —————, Cream, 95 —————, Ginger, 92 —————, Good Plain, 91 —————, Iceing for, _ibid._ —————, Lemon, 93 —————, Plain Pound, 91 —————, Portugal, 92 —————, Queen, 93 —————, Ratifia, 91 —————, Rice, 93 —————, Rich Plum, to make, 90 —————, Rich Seed, 91 —————, Saffron, 93 —————, Shrewsbury, 92 Calendar, Gardeners’, 414 Camphor Mixture, 321 Cancer, for, 323 Candles, to Store, 61 Candying, to prepare Sugar for, 101 Capillaire, to make, 105 Carp, Tench, and Perch, to choose, 86 Carpets, to sweep, 288 Carriages and Harness, to clean brass ornaments on, 375 Casks, sweeting of, 356 —————, Foul, to Sweeten, 153 Catechu, Tincture of, 316 Caviare, to choose, 84 Caudle, White and Brown, to make, 307 Carpets, to clean, 281 Chalk Mixture, 321 CHAMBER NURSE, Duties of, 301 Champaigne, British, to make, 129 Chapped Lips, Balsam for, 205 Character, Maintainance of, 32 —————————, Recommendations of, 54 Cheese, varieties of, 86 Cheesecakes, fine almond, and bread, to make, 99 ———————————, rice, 100 Cherries, to dry, 114 Chickens, to manage, 296 Children, washing and exercise of, 255 Chintz, to wash, 249 Chocolate, to make, 193 Chocolate Drops, to make, 104 Cinnamon, Compound Tincture of, 314 Claret, to manage, 345 ——————, to colour, 346 ——————, to restore, that drinks foul, _ibid._ —————— and Port, to make rough, _ibid._ ——————, to fine, 354 Cleanliness recommended, 29 Cleaning rooms, 292 Cloth, to revive faded Black, 366 —————, to dry clean, _ibid._ Clothes, Coats, Pelisses, &c. to scour, 365 ———————, Ball, 366 COACHMAN, the Head, 372 ————————, UNDER, 396 Coals, economy in, 223 Cod-fish, to choose, 85 Coffee, to make, 193 Cold and Cough, for a, 323 Colours in Dress, 243 Company, choice of, 38 Confectionary Drops, to make, 105 Confectionary Receipts, 101 Contagion, to prevent, 302 Convulsions of Children, 265 COOK, the Man, 372 ———— morning business, 373 ———— evening duties, 375 ———— wages, _ibid._ ————, Duties of the, 194 ————, advice to, 29 ————, UNDER, 233 ————, useful hints to, 221 Cook’s Catechism, 224 Corn, to increase, 300 Corns, to cure, 324 ————— Plaster, to make, 248 Cosmetic Juice, to make, 244 Cough, a constitutional or winter one, 323 ————— Mixture, to make, 308 Counterpanes, to Scour, 295 Couriers, 408 Courses, arrangement of, 220 Court Plaster, 313 —————————————, application of, 314 Courtship, caution in, 39 Cows, to milk and manage, 296 ————, economy of, 299 Cream, cold, to make, 160 —————, Ice, 109 —————, Pistachio, _ibid._ —————, Raspberry, 110 —————, Rose, 160 —————, Whipt, 109 Croup, remedies for, 269 Cruelty, caution against, 232 Crumpets, to make, 95 Cucumbers and Melons, to preserve, 115 ————————————————————, to pickle, 120 Cullis, or Brown Gravy, to make, 209 Curry, East India, method of preparing, 369 ————— Powder, 370 Custards, Almond, to make, 97 ————————, Baked, 96 ————————, Lemon, 97 ————————, Orange, 96 ————————, Rice, 97 Cutaneous Eruptions, remedy for, 264