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Old measurement for recipes

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A little of every where.
About 25 drops of any thin liquid = 1 teaspoonful

1 Pinch = 4-1/2 grains, or less than 1/8 teaspoonful

1 Saltspoonful = 1/4 teaspoonful

1 Scruple = 20 grains, or about 1/2 teaspoonful, 91.3 grams)

3 Saltspoonfuls = 1 dram (drachma), or 27-1/3 grains

1 Teaspoonful = 4 saltspoonfuls, or 36-1/2 grains

4 Teaspoonfuls = 1 tablespoonful liquid

2 Tablespoonfuls, or 16 drams (drachmas) liquid = 1 fluid oz

4 Tablespoonfuls = 1 wineglass, or 1/2 gill, or 1/4 cupful

2 Wineglasses = 1 gill, or 1/2 cupful

2 Gills = 1 coffee-cupful, or 16 tablespoonfuls, or 8 fluid oz

1 Tumblerful = 1 coffee-cupful, or 1/2 pint

2 Coffee-cupfuls = 1 pint

2 Pints = 1 quart

4 Quarts = 1 gallon

16 Ounces = 1 pound, or 1 pint of liquid

some measurements "old quaker"
60 drops = 1 teaspoon
2 teaspoons = 1 dessertspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 dessertspoon
2 tablespoons = 1 liquid ounce

A breakfast cup is a large teacup
One US teacup equals about 6.2 fluid ounces