Metrology; Or, An Exposition of Weights and Measures, Chiefly Those of Great Britain and France: Comprising Tables of Comparison, and Views of Various Standards; with an Account of Laws and Local Customs, Parliamentary Reports, & Other Important Documents |
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77 quarters according acre ancient ascertaining assize avoirdupois weight barrel beans Bill boll for barley boll for oats boll for wheat bolls are equal brass butchers butter called Chap cheese chester measure coals Committee of 1758 contains corn cubic foot decimal Ditto divided divisions Dry Measure duties Edward III enacted England English cubic inches English weights established Exchequer Feet firlot France French George III groceries Henry Henry VI House of Commons latitude laws linear measure litre London malt meal measures of capacity meat meridian metre number of cubical opinion Parliament pease pendulum pennyweights perches pint Pole pound avoirdupois pound troy proportions quart reckoning regulations Scotch Troy Scotland Sect Square Standard of Weight standard weights stat statutes stone sures system of weights tains tallow tion toise Trone troy pound troy weight usuelle vessel weights and mea weights and measures Winchester bushel Winchester measure wool