| Chap. 112. |
Weights and Measures.
|
249 |
| Averdupois Weight. |
14 Ounces and a half, and two pence Weight troy do
make 16 ounces of Averdupois.
Pounds
7 or
Averdupois make the Gallon.
Pints
Pounds
14 or Averdupois
make the Peck.
Pints
Pounds
56 or Averdupois
make the Bushel
Pints |
Measures
of Corn,
according
to Averdupois
Weight. |
§. 14.
Compared. |
Troy Weight.
Ten Quarters of Corn is a Last. |
Pints or Pounds,
Qarts,
Pottles,
Gallons,
Pecks,
Bushels,
Coombs,
Quarters, |
5120
2560
1280
640
320
80
20
10
|
512
256
128
64
32
8
2
1
|
256
128
64
32
16
2
1
|
64
32
16
8
4
1
|
16
8
4
2
1
|
8
4
2
1
|
4
2
1
|
Measures
of Grain
according
to Troy
Weight. |
|
Beer Measures
Ale Measures.
Pints,
Quarts,
Pottles,
Gallons,
Firkins,
Kilderkins,
Barrel, |
288
144
72
36
4
2
1
|
144
72
36
18
2
1
|
72
36
18
9
1
|
8
4
2
1
|
4
2
1
|
2
1
|
256
128
64
32
4
2
1
|
128
64
32
16
2
1
|
64
32
16
8
1
|
8
4
2
1
|
Measures
of Beer
and Ale. |
|
Troy
Weight,
12 h. 7.
15. & 51
H. 3. |
See for Corn, Beer and Ale more fully in that which followeth.
Thirty
two Wheat-corns, taken in the midst of the ear,
weigheth one peny Sterling.
Twenty
pence Sterling maketh the Ounce Troy.
Twelve
ounces maketh in weight one pound Troy
measure one Pint
Two
Pints, or Pounds, maketh the Quart.
Two Quarts maketh the Pottle.
Eight
Pints
Four
Quarts maketh a Gallon.
Two
Pottles.
Eight
quarts maketh the Peck.
Sixty
four Pints
Thirty
two Quarts
Bushel
Eight Gallons
maketh the or
Four
Pecks
Firkin.
Kilderkin.
Sixteen
Gallons maketh the Half Barrel.
Two
Firkins
Rondlet.
Two
hundred fifty six Pints.
One hundred twenty eight Quarts
Thirty
two Gallons
Coomb
Four
Firkins
maketh the or
Two
Kilderkins
Barrel.
Four
Bushels |
§. 15.
Troy
Weight.
Measures. |
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