Selected quad for the lemma: day_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
day_n	hour_n	mile_n	minute_n	7,867	5	12.3320	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29760	The description and use of the carpenters-rule together with The use of the line of numbers commonly called Gunters-line : applyed to the measuring of all superficies and solids, as board, glass, plaistering, wainscoat, tyling, paving, flooring, &c., timber, stone, square on round, gauging of vessels, &c. : also military orders, simple and compound interest, and tables of reduction, with the way of working by arithmatick in most of them : together with the use of the glasiers and Mr. White's sliding-rules, rendred plain and easie for ordinary capacities / by John Brown.	Brown, John, philomath.	1688 (1688)	Wing B5040; ESTC R37165	60,566	214

weight Yea so far as there is proportion it concerns that and any thing else the application of which I leave to the industrious Practitioner only I here give a hin● as much as ●o say here is a Treasure if you dig you may find for some may be apt to think it being a Carpenters-Rule it is fit but for Carpenters use only but know that in all measures which are either lengths Superficials or Solids or as some call Longametry Planametry and Solidametry and in all Liquids by weight or measure and in all time either by Years Months Weeks Days Hours Minutes and Seconds and almost I think I may say in all things number is used and in many things proportional numbers why then may not this Line put in for a share of use seeing it is wholly composed of and fitted for proportional Numbers of so easie an attainment for any ordinary capacity and chiefly intended for them that be ignorant of Arithmetick have not time to learn that noble Science as some have And first for more conveniency of Reduction take these Rules of Reduction Rules for English Money Note that 4 farthings make a penny 16 farthings 8 half pence or 4 pence make a groat 48 farthings 24 half pence or 12 pence make a shilling 40 pence or 10 groats is 3 shillings 4 pence 80 pence 20 groats or 6 shilling 8 pence is a Noble 160 pence 40 groats or 13 shillings 4 pence is a mark 20 shillings 4 crowns 3 nobles or 2 angels is a pound sterling Rules for Troy-weight Note that 24 grains is a penny-weight 20 penny-weights or 24 carrots is an ounce Troy 12 ounces is a pound 25 lib. a quarter of a hundred 50 lib. half a hundred 75 lib. three quarters of a hundred and 100 lib. is a hundred weight Troy. Rules for Aver-du-poize weight Note that 20 grains make a scruple 3 scruples is a dram 8 drams is an ounce 16 ounces is a pound 8 pound a stone 28 lib. a quarter of a hundred 56 lib. half a C. 84 lib. 3 quarters of a C. and 112 lib. or 14 stone or 4 quarters of a C. is an hundred weight 5 C. is a hogshead weight 19½ C. is a Fother of lead and 20 C. is a Tun weight And note that l. signifies a pound in money and lib. signifies a pound in weight either Troy or Aver-du-poize Rules for concave Dry-measure Note that 2 pints is a quart 2 quarts a pottle or quarter of a peck 8 pints 4 quarts 2 pottles is one gallon or half a peck 2 gallons is a peck 2 pecks make half a bushel 4 pecks or 56 lib. make a bushel 2 bushels is a strike 2 strikes a coomb or half-quarter 2 coombs 4 strikes or 8 bushels make a Quarter or a Seame 10 Quarters or 80 bushels make a. Last Rules for Concave Wet-measure Note that 2 pints is a quart 2 quarts a pottle 2 pottles 4 quarts or 8 pints make a Gallon 9 Gallons make a Firkin or half a Kilderkin 18 Gallons make 2 Firkins a Kilderkin or a Rundlet 36 Gallons is 2 Kilderkins or a Barrel 42 Gallons make a Terce 63 Gollons or 3● Rundlets make a Hogshead 84 Gallons or 2 Terces make a Tercion or Punchion 126 Gallons is 3 Terces 2 Hogsheads 1 Pipe or a But. A Tun is 252 Gallons 14 Rundlets 7 Barrels 6 Terces 4 Hogsheads 3 Punchions 2 Pipes or Buts Note that in sweet Oyl 236 Gallons make a Tun but of Whale-Oyl 252 goes to the Tun. Water Measure Note that 5 pecks is a Bushel 3 Bushels a Sack 4● Bushels a Flat 12 Sacks 4 Flats or 36 Bushels make a Chaldron of Coals Rules for Long-Measure Note that 3 barley-corns make an inch 2¼ inches make a Nail 4 Nails or 9 inches make a quarter of a yard 12 inches make a Foot 3 foot 4 quar 16 nails or 36 inches make a yard 45 inches or 5 quarters of a yard make an Ell 5 foot is a pace 6 feet or 2 yards is a fathom 5 yards and a half or 16 feet and a half is a Pole Rod or Perch 160 perches in length and 1 in breadth or 80 perches in length and 2 in breadth or 4 in breadth and 40 in length make an Acre 220 Yards or 40 poles is a furlong 1760 yards 320 poles or 8 furlongs is an English mile 3 miles is a League 20 Leagues or 60 miles is a degree in ordinary account and every mile a minute Rules for Motion and Time in Astronomy and Navigation Note that a minute contains 60 seconds and 60 minutes is 1 degree and 30 degrees is 1 sign 2 signs or 60 degrees is a sextile ⚹ 3 signs or 90 degrees is a Quadrant or quartile □ 4 signs or 120 degrees a trine △ 6 signs or 180 degrees is one opposition ☍ or semicircle 12 signs or 360 deg is a conjunction ☌ and the Suns Annual or Moon 's monthly motion Note also every hour of time hath in motion 15 degrees and a minute of time hath 15 minutes of motion and one degree of motion is 4 minutes of time Note further that every hour of time hath 60 minutes therefore 45 is 3 quarters 30 is half 15 is a quarter of an hour 24 hours a day natural 7 days a week 365 days and about 6 hours is a year Hence it follows that ¼ of a degree in the Heavens is 5 Leagues on the Earth or 15 minutes of motion above is one minute of time below therefore a degree or 60 minutes of motion is 4 minutes of time as before is said All these Rules I shall express more largely and in shorter terms by these following Tables Equation for Motion   Signs Deg. minutes Seconds Note that the twelve Signs is 12 360 21600 1296000 One Sign is 1 30 1800 108000 One Deg. is   1 60 3600 One Min. is     1 60 Equation for Time.   Mon. VVeek Day Hour Minute One Year 13 52 305 8760 52560 Month hath 1 4 28 671 40320 Week hath   1 7 168 10080 Day natural     1 24 1440 Hour hath       1 60 Minute is         1 Equation for Long-measure   Mile Furl Perch Yards Feet Inches Leag 3 24 960 5971¼ 1●4● 190080 Mil. 1 8 340 1760 5280 63360 Furlong   1 40 220 660 7920 Per. Rod. P●l     1 5½ 16½ 198 Acre contains of squa Perc.   160 4840 43560     Acre is in leng     4 20 660 7020 Acre is in breadth     4 2● 66 792 1 Rood or ¼ of an acre is in len     40       1 Rood or ¼ of an acre is in bread     1 5½ 16½ 198 One Fathom is         6 72 One Ell English is         3¼ 45 One yard is         3 36 One foot is         1 12 One inch is 1 inch 3 grains