MEASUREMENTS OF LIQUIDS.
An ordinary wineglass holds four tabic-spoonfuls, or 2oz or K! tcaspoonfuls, or two fluid ounces (apothecaries’ measure). Ono pint in apothecaries’ measure is equal to 20 fluid ounces, also 20oz by weight of water, hence the rhyme: A pint of pure water
Weighs a. pound and a-quartcr. An ordinary-sized teacup holds about, one gill, or five or six ounces. An ordinary-sized tumbler holds about half a pint (about 10 fluid ounces). Ono teaspoonful is equal to one dram. One dessertspoonful is equal to two drains. One tablespoonful is equal to four drams.
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Northern Advocate, 7 November 1931, Page 4
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95MEASUREMENTS OF LIQUIDS. Northern Advocate, 7 November 1931, Page 4
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