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Weights and Measures: Pint

Saw these to the right length and 2 20 20 3000 865333333 12 WING GLASS 828- 2 TEA CUP = 15 60 DROPS ORECAMS CE 13 165 Hb OUNCES PINTS 4 CUPS 1 PINT "Liquid Measure." 1 PINT 1 GALLON ations of the standard unit of liquid capacity, the gallon. The gallon was originally a standard unit of weight.

But as an equal bulk of various substances differs in weight, early usage led to the adoption of two different gallons, wet and dry, and the gallon is still used as a unit of both wet and dry measure in Great Britain. The gallon at present the standard in the United States had its origin in an English statute passed shortly after the discovery of America by Columbus. A new standard gallon measure was constructed capable of holding 8 pounds of wheat of 12 ounces troy each. This was afterwards deter mined by statute to contain 268.8 cubic inches of water at a temperature of 62° F. The Winchester gallon, as this standard was called, having been generally adopted in the United States, it became ultimately necessary to establish a national standard for customhouse purposes. Accordingly, by resolution of the United States Senate, on May 1, 1830, the Secretary of the Treasury procured the construction of a set of uniform standard weights and measures to be supplied to all the customhouses. For this purpose a Winchester gallon of water, at a temperature of 39.83° F., was taken as the standard, and this was afterwards legalized by Congress.