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Small Measure: Dividers are used to measure distances on a chart. They are available is several types, but the simplest will be adequate for small measure-craft piloting.
The small measureer units of dry measure, such as the peck, dry quart, and dry pint, are largely used in retail trade, the pint and quart being used for small measureer products like berries.
The Barrel: Dry and Wet Measure.-The barrel is a convenient receptacle for packing, transporting, and storing commodities. It has also long been used as a unit of measure. In the United States, as these containers varied in size, so has the barrel as a unit varied.
FIRST MEASURE your backyard and transfer your measurements to a sketch.
• Measure all the major distances in your backyard. It makes it much easier if you take a fixed point, such as the corner of your house, and measure everything you can from there.
Now make a scale plan so you have a realistic plan of the yard as it is.
• The most useful scale to work to is 'A or Vs in to 1ft, depending on how big your garden is and the size of paper. Work on squared or graph paper.
Once you have a scale plan, you can draw up your ideas.
• Mark everything about your new design on your plan so you can carry the scheme out with accuracy and confidence. |
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