218 PHYSIOLOGICAL REMAINS. 



The same sovereign overweigheth an equal weight 

 of stones in the air, at least sixty-five grains in the 

 water : the grains being for the weight of gold in 

 brass metal. 



A glass filled with water weighing, in Troy 

 weights, thirteen ounces and five drams, the glass and 

 the water together weigheth severally, viz. the water 

 nine ounces and a half, and the glass four ounces and 

 a dram. 



A bladder weighing two ounces seven drams and 

 a half, a pebble laid upon the top of the bladder 

 makes three ounces six drams and a half, the stone 

 weigheth seven drams. 



The bladder, as above, blown, and the same 

 fallen, weigheth equal. 



A sponge dry weigheth one ounce twenty-six 

 grains : the same sponge being wet, weigheth four 

 teen ounces six drams and three quarters : the water 

 weigheth in several eleven ounces one dram and a 

 half, and the sponge three ounces and a half, and 

 three quarters of a dram. First time. 



The sponge and water together weigh fifteen 

 ounces and seven drams : in several, the water 

 weigheth eleven ounces and seven drams, and the 

 sponge three ounces seven drams and a half. Second 

 time. 



Three sovereigns made equal to a weight in silver 

 in the air, differ in the water. 



For false weights, one beam long, the other thick. 



The stick and thread weigh half a dram, and 

 twenty grains, being laid in the balance. 



