New here :-)

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Tue Mar 6 19:02:58 2001

I just ran across this:
a speck is 1/4 of a saltspoon.
a saltspoon is 1/4 of a teaspoon
1 wine glass is 1/2 of a gill
two gills make a cup

And as you can see, we haven't even touched on firkins or hogsheads.

On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> > > > Well Dick, I guess you've never been asked to measure out a pinch
> > > > or a dab.
> > > That's a tad more than a smidgin isn't it?
> > Actually, I think they are all precisely defined in terms of scruples,
> > aren't they?
>
> And to bring this boack on topic:
> there are three SCRUPLES in a DRAM
>
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

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