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Measurements for Cooking is a cookery reference book, designed to help you convert from one method of measure to another, e.g., from cups to grams and vice versa. Cups, pints, millilitres & litres are measures of volume — they measure the physical space an item takes up; ounces, pounds, grams and kilograms are measures of weight — they measure an item's heaviness.

Main section:
The List of Ingredients comprises the main section of the book and gives the cup and 100g equivalents for 126pp of food ingredients, often given in configurations such as chopped, sliced, grated, etc. For example,

1 cup grated fresh Parmesan = about 70g; 100g grated fresh Parmesan = 11/2 cups;
1 cup uncooked rice = about 180g; 100g uncooked rice = 1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp;
1 cup grated raw potato = about 135g; 100g grated raw potato = about 3/4 cup.

Final section:  Measuring Tools & Definitions, Pan Sizes, etc. (11pp) lists, in addition to pan sizes, helpful things such as bar measures (e.g., jigger, shot, pony); dry pints & fluid pints; measures called for in older recipes (e.g., breakfast cup, teacup, wine glass); and also the minutes & seconds symbols — some cooks used these as shorthand in their recipes, so it's helpful to know which is which.

Index: The Index (16pp) is extensive; if you don't know where to find something, check the Index – if it's in the book, it'll most likely be in the Index.