| Weight & measure of nails |
|
|
Nails
to ye ℔ |
℔ to the
thousd |
length. |
|
|
|
|
I. |
8th |
| 30d |
British |
|
56. |
4– |
1.23 |
| 24d |
New York |
|
29 |
34½ |
|
|
| 20d |
New York |
|
45 |
22⅕ |
|
|
|
Baltimore |
|
50 |
20 |
|
|
|
Richmond |
|
50 |
20 |
|
|
|
Fredsbg |
|
54 |
18½ |
|
|
|
British |
|
23¼ |
2– |
4.8 |
| 16d |
Baltimore |
|
59 |
17 |
|
|
| 12d |
New York |
|
62½ |
16 |
|
|
|
Baltimore |
|
62½ |
16 |
|
|
|
Fredsbg |
|
66⅔ |
15 |
2– |
6 |
| 10d |
New York |
⎫
⎪
⎪
⎭ |
77 |
13 |
|
|
|
Baltimore |
|
|
|
Fredsbg |
2– |
4 |
|
British |
|
|
| 8d |
New York |
|
100 |
10 |
|
|
|
Baltimore |
|
100 |
10 |
|
|
|
Fredsbg |
|
111 |
9 |
2– |
|
|
Richmond |
|
100 |
10 |
|
|
|
British |
|
10½ |
1– |
7 |
| 6d |
Baltimore |
|
125 |
8 |
|
|
|
New York |
|
140 |
7⅐ |
|
|
|
Richmond |
|
143 |
7 |
|
|
|
Fredsbg |
|
182 |
5½ |
|
|
|
British |
|
6.9 |
1– |
4 |
| 4d |
New York |
|
300 |
3⅓ |
|
|
|
Baltimore |
|
250 |
4 |
|
|
|
Fredsbg |
|
|
|
1– |
0 |
|
British |
|
4.4 |
1– |
1 |
|
Mine. |
|
|
|
| 30d |
|
|
18 |
56 |
4 I. |
| 24d |
|
|
30 |
33⅓ |
3½ |
| 20d |
|
|
40 |
25 |
3 |
| 16d |
|
|
50 |
20 |
2¾ |
| 12d |
|
|
62½ |
16 |
2½ |
| 10d |
|
|
77 |
13 |
2¼ |
| 8d |
|
|
100 |
10 |
1⅞ |
| 6d |
|
|
143 |
7 |
1½ |
| 4d |
|
|
250 |
4. |
1. |
|
|
|
| Prices. N.Y. currcy |
|
| making alone. |
|
| card, or |
⎫
⎭ |
|
|
| 4 oz. tacks |
2/6 pr |
|
| 12. oz. do |
|
2/6 |
|
| clout do |
|
2/9 |
|
| hob nails |
|
2/9 |
|
| 2d clouts |
|
3/ |
|
| 3d do |
|
3/3 |
|
| 4d do |
|
3/9 |
|
| 6d do |
|
4/ |
|
| ½ Inch brads |
|
2/6 |
|
| 1. I. do |
|
2/6 |
|
| 1¼ do |
|
2/9 |
|
| 1½ do |
|
3/ |
|
| 1¾ do |
⎫
⎭ |
3/3 |
|
| 2 I. do |
|
4d nails
or brads |
⎫
⎭ |
9d pr ℔ |
quoted by
another |
| 6d do |
|
6d |
6d |
4d do
or trunk |
⎫
⎭ |
3/3 pr |
8d |
| 8d nails |
|
4d pr ℔ |
4d½ |
| 10d |
|
3d pr ℔ |
3d½ |
| 12d |
|
do |
3d |
| 20d |
|
do |
2½d |
| 24d |
|
do |
2d |
|
|
|
task per day |
|
man. |
boy |
man Baltimore |
| 24d |
24℔ |
|
man |
| 20d |
20 |
|
16℔ |
| 12d |
16 |
12 |
15 |
| 10d |
14 |
9 |
12 |
| 8d |
10 |
7 |
8 |
| 6d |
7 |
6 |
7 |
| 4d |
5 |
4 |
3½ |
| 2 I. brads |
1000 |
|
|
| 1¾ do |
1000 |
|
|
| 1½, 1¼ ½ |
1500 |
|
|
| hob nails |
1500 |
|
|
| 3d clouts |
1000 |
|
|
| 2d, 1½d |
1500 |
|
|
| card tack |
1500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
℔ |
|
| the ton of rod is |
2240 |
|
| common loss 14. pr ct |
313. |
6 |
| nails yeilded |
1926. |
4 |
|
|
|
|
a fire burns 6 to 7. bushels
of coal a day
|
|
|
|
nails |
| a boy after 6. months makes |
500 |
| 1. year |
800 |
| the best |
884 |
| a hired hand |
1000 |
|
|
|
|
|
there are 4. sizes of nail rod
the half crown, or 30d is the
largest. traces made of this
a pair weight 8.℔. |
|
