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In measuring works of architecture and engineering, the foot and its decimal sub- 

 divisions will be the unit without reference to the fathom ; and all workmanship 

 measured by lineal measure must be priced by the foot, the 10 feet, or the 100 feet, 

 not by the yard or rod. 



For Itinerary Measure or Land Surveying the fathom will be the unit without 

 reference to the foot. The mile will be the nautical or geographical miles, the only 

 universal measure recognized by all civilized nations. 'J"he proposed new fathom and 

 foot will differ so little from our present standards — only by one-eightieth part of the 

 latter in excess — that, supposing the two fathoms to be set up at some little distance 

 apart, no person standing between them, and who consequently could not see both at 

 the same time, would be able, after having looked first at one and then at the othei', 

 to say which of the two was the shorter. 



II. New Square or Superficial Measure proposed. 

 For Architectural and Mechanical purposes. 



100 square inches 1 square foot 



All work now measured by the superficial foot to be priced in future by the square 

 foot, by the 10 square feet, or by the 100 square feet, and not by the square yard 

 or rod. 



For Cloth Measure. 

 Cloth to be priced by the new or imperial yard, in the same manner as is now done 

 by the present standard yard. 



For Land Measure. 



100 square links 1 square fathom. 



1000 square fathoms 1 imperial acre. 



1000 imperial acres 1 square mile. 



III. New Measures of Solidity and Capacity proposed. 

 Of Solidity for Architectural and Mechanical purposes. 



1000 cubic inches 1 cubic foot. 



Of Capacity for Dry Goods. 



100 cubic inches 1 can. 



10 cans or 1000 cubic inches. ... 1 cubic foot. 



10 cubic feet 1 quarter of corn. 



In measuring corn for wholesale dealings, as well as sand, lime, &c., wooden boxes 

 of 1 cubic foot and of 5 cubic feet respectively, open at the top and bottom, and laid 

 upon a level floor, to be used; two of the latter to be put together, one over the other, 

 to measure a quarter of corn. 



Liquid Measure for Wholesale Dealings. 



100 cubic inches 1 can. 



1 000 cubic inches 1 cubic foot. 



Liquid Measure for Retail Dealings exclusively. 



2 gills or 10 cubic inches 1 half-pint or chopin. 



2 chopins 1 pint. 



2 pints 1 quart. 



2^ quarts or 5 pints 1 can. 



Beer, wine, and other liquors, sold wholesale, to be gauged and priced, and the 

 duties collected by the cubic foot and can . 



In retail dealings, the cubic foot, divided as above into 10 cans, 25 quarts, 50 pints, 

 100 chopins and 200 gills, if sold in bottles, should be priced by the 10 bottles instead 

 of the dozen, and each bottle should contain a quart or pint of the new standard. 

 When not bottled, to be sold in pewter pots or other measures, being respectively the 

 same aliquot parts of the new cubic foot that have been specified. 

 New Apothecaries' Liquid Measure proposed. 



50 minims 1 tenth of an imperial cubic inch. 



500 minims or 10 tenths . . 1 cubic inch. 



10 cubic inches 1 half-pint or chopin. 



This will differ so very little from the present apothecaries' liquid measure, that no 

 medical practitioner can hesitate in adopting it. 



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