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======Weights and Measures======
=====Dry Measures=====

| 2 pints | 1 quart |
| 8 quarts | 1 peck |
| 4 pecks | 1 bushel |

=====Liquid Measures=====

| 2 pints | 1 quart (2 lbs.) |
| 4 quarts | 1 gallon (8 lbs.) |
| 10 gallons | 1 pony keg (80 lbs.) |
| 50 gallons | 1 hogshead (400 lbs.) |
| 5 hogsheads | 1 tun (2000 lbs.) |

=====Linear Measures=====

| 12 inches (") | 1 foot (') |
| 3 feet | 1 yard |
| 6 feet | 1 fathom |
| 4,400 yards | 1 league |

=====Weight Measures=====

| 142 carats | 1 ounce |
| 16 drams | 1 ounce |
| 16 ounces | 1 pound (lb) |
| 14 pounds | 1 stone |
| 2 stone (28 lbs.) | 1 quarter |
| 4 quarters (112 lbs.) | 1 hundredweight |
| 20 hwghts (2240 lbs.) | 1 ton |

=====Coinage=====

| 4 farthings (f) | 1 penny (d) |
| 2 farthings | 1 hapenny |
| 3 pennies | 1 thrupence |
| 6 pennies | 1 sixpence |
| 12 pennies | 1 shilling (s) |
| 20 shillings | 1 pound (L) |