The Writer's Desk Book / Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc.

by William Dana Orcutt

• 24 sheets = 1 quire
• 20 quires = 1 ream
• 2 reams = 1 bundle
• 5 bundles = 1 bale

TIME MEASURE

• 60 seconds = 1 minute
• 60 minutes = 1 hour
• 24 hours = 1 day
• 7 days = 1 week
• 28, 29, 30, or 31 days = 1 calendar month
  (30 days = 1 month in computing interest)
• 365 days = 1 year
• 366 days = 1 leap year

CIRCULAR MEASURE

• 60 seconds = 1 minute
• 60 minutes = 1 degree
• 30 degrees = 1 sign
• 90 degrees = 1 quadrant
• 4 quadrants = 12 signs, or 360 degrees = 1 circle

CLOTH MEASURE

• 2 ¹⁄₄ inches = 1 nail
• 4 nails = 1 quarter
• 4 quarters = 1 yard

MARINERS’ MEASURE

• 6 feet = 1 fathom
• 120 fathoms = 1 cab. le’th.
• 7 ¹⁄₂ cable lengths = 1 mile
• 5280 feet = 1 stat. mile
• 6085 feet = 1 naut. mile

MISCELLANEOUS