400 Scientific Intelligence. — Mensuration. 



the rent or value of the produce of one, or any number of Scots 

 acres, the rent or value of the produce of the same number of 

 imperial acres may be found. Their construction is sufficiently 

 obvious, and their application must be manifest from the ex- 

 amples which follow them. 



Table for converting Scots Acres, Roods, ^x, into Imperial Acres. 



Table for finding the Rent Produce of an Imperial Acre, having given 

 those of a Scotch Acre. 



Example of use of Table I — Convert 

 3258 Scots Acres 2 R. 31 F. 28 E. 

 into Imperial Acres 



3000 



Scots Acres — 



Roods 

 Falls 



Ells 



{ 



Imperial Acres. 

 3783.55035 

 252.23669 

 63.05917 

 10.08947 

 .63059 

 / .23647 

 1 .00788 

 J .00438 

 1 .00175 



Imperial Acres, 4109.81675 

 = 4109 A. 3 R. 10 P. 20.6 Y. 



Example of use of Table II — ^A Scots 

 Acre was sold for £ 82 : 12 : 9 ; 

 hence find the value of an Impe- 

 rial Acre ? 



^2 1 Pounds rr 



^\ I ShiU. = 

 9 Pence = 



£ 63.4325 



1.5858 



.3965 



.0793 



.0297 



Value of Imp. K. = £ 65.5238 

 =^£65:10:5/5V 



It may be useful to surveyors to know, that the exact length of the Im- 

 perial Chain has been laid down on the parapet in front of the Edinburgh 

 University buildings. 



