TROY WEIGHT. 24 Grains 20 Penny weights 12 Ounces Grains. 24 480 5760 = 240 12 1 Pound. 1 Pound...................... lb. By this weight are weighed Gold, Silver, Jewels, Electuaries, and all Liquors. N. B. The Standard for Gold Coin is 22 Carats of fine Gold, and 2 Carats of Copper, melted together. For Silver, is 11 os. 2 d:uts. of fine Silver, and 18 dwts. of Copper. 25 lb. is a quarter of a 100 lb. 1 cwt. 16 Drams 20 cwt. 1 Ton of Gold or Silver. AVOIRDUPOISE WEIGHT: Marked f dr 16 Ounces { 02. lb. 1 Quarter... grs. 1 Hundred Weight cut. 1 Ton......... Ton. 28 Pounds 28 1 Quarter. 28672 1792 112= 4= 1 Hund. Weight. 573440 35840=2240—80=20=1 Ton. There are several other Denominations in this Weight, that are used in some particular Goods, viz. A Clove...... A Stone A Tod........ WOOL. lb. A Wey is 6 Tod and 1 .14 A Sack is 2 Weys, or .28 By this Weight is weighed any thing of a coarse or drossy Nature; as all Grocery and Chandlery Wares, Bread, and all Metals, but Sily and Gold APOTHECARIES WEIGHT. 1 Note. The Apothecaries mix their Medicines by this Rule, but buy and sell rheir Commodities by Avoirdupoise Weight. The Apothecaries' Pound and Ounce, and the Pound and Ounce Troy, are the same, only differently divided and subdivided. 7920 660 23760 190080 220 40 1 Furlong. 63360 5280 1760 320 8 1 Mile. N. B. A Degree is 69 Miles, 4 Furlongs, neurly, though commonly reckoned but 60 Miles. This Measure is used to measure distance of Places, or any thing else that has length only. VESSELS USED FOR WINE, &c. (DUTY 4s. 10d. FER GAL.) ́ 52 Gallons 1 Hogshead, 1 Pipe, 100 Ditto 10lb Avoirdupois weight of distilled water, weighed 1 AIR, at the temperature of sixty-two degrees of FAHRENHEIT'S Thermometert, the Barometer being at thirty inches, is one gallon.§ which is 277,274 square inches-the Gauger's Points 16,65. These Prices are for the Wine only, the duty is also to be paid. An instrument for measuring the heat of the AIR, or any matter. An instrument for measuring the weight of the ATMOSPHERE, and also shews the changes of the weather. This is the only Standard Measure of Capacity, from which all ther Measures of Capacity are derived, as well for WINE, Beer, ale, Spirits, and all sorts of Liquors, and dry goods NOT HEAPED. 10 35 16 21 65 1728 432 216 54 6 2304 576 288 72 S 3456 864 432 311 Hogshead 4 3 11 Punche. 108 12 6 3 2 1 1 Butt UN is a term used, being equal to to 2 BUTTS (216 GALLONS but there are no such Vessels in use. THIS TUN of Liquor (as it is called) weighs 216fb. which, added to the weight of the 2 Casks, will rather exceed a regular Ton of 20 Cwt. or 22401b. N. B. The price of a Butt of Eeer is 135s. Stout, 165s. Double Stout, 195s. to Publicans, and 15s. more to other persons. Ale is 60, 70, and 80s. per Barrel. A Merchant who exports is alowed a discount of £5 Cent. and the Drawback also. The Bushel for EVERY ARTICLE is 18 Inches Inside, and 81 Inches deep; but it must be made so as to measure 19 Inches from outside to outside; viz. the rim must be Half an Inch, and is to be heaped to e height of six inches in the shape of A CONE; the outside of the bushel to be the extremity of the base of such cone. The goods may rest upon, but not hang over the outside of the bushel. 128 64 32 8 4 1 Quarter 2048 512 256 10240 2560 1280 20480 5120 2560 1280 640 320 80 40 10 2 1 Last 5 1 Wey The old dry Gallon contained 268,8 Cubic Inches, the new Gallon is 8,474 Inches more than the old, which is One 31,72nd part (of the old Gallon) and equal to £3. 3s. Od. Cent. (or 74d. in the L.) adva...e on the merchandize. |
