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likewife made of brafs, and weighing a- 

 bout 20^ averdupbis pounds, Having th^ 

 arms of Scotland and of Sterling marked 

 in relievo upon its fide, was in the fame 

 mariner filled with water ; and its content 

 was found not to differ from that in thd 

 cuftddy of the burgh of Stirling, above 

 a fiftieth part of a cubid inch. Perhaps 

 it may not be iniproper to bbferve, that, 

 ndtwithftariding the liicety of the beami 

 and the fmall furface of the mouth of the 

 velTel, which contained 100 cubic inches^ 

 ho difference was perceptible in the weight 

 of its content 6f virater, thd' the heat of 

 this fluid was feveral degrees both above 

 and below temperate in the thermometer ; 

 and that no diflference was to be found be- 

 tween fpring and river water ; nor even 

 between rivef Water when cledf, and when 

 fomewhat difcoloured after a fpeat. 



By ad. pari, of 19. February 1618, a- 

 hent fettling the meafures and weights of 

 Scotland, it is flatute and ordained, that 

 the wheat firlot fhall contain 2iJ of the 

 Sterling jug; and that the bear firlot fhall 

 contain 31 of the fame. 

 VoL.L Ff tnt 



