WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 5 



The Scotch Troyes, or Dutch pound, being the 16th part oi 

 the Lanark stone, was found, by an Edinburgh jury, to weigh 

 7608.9496875 Imp. grains, or 17.392 Imp. ounces, in place oi 

 17J, as was usually estimated. But since the verdict here re- 

 ferred to was passed, the Lanark stone has been suspected by 

 the reporters, on whose authority the verdict rests, to be hardly 

 entire, and that for every practical purpose it may be estimated 

 at 17J ounces = 765 6 J Imp. Troy grains, as in the Table. 

 The pound is then in proportion to the Imp. as 17J to 16, or 

 35 to 32; and the stone is to the Imp. stone as 17J to 14, or 35 

 to 28. 



This weight was used for weighing meal, iron, unwrought 

 pewter and lead, hemp, flax, most Dutch and Baltic goods, and 

 other articles. 



SCOTCH TRONE WEIGHT. 

 16 drops 1 ounce. 

 16 ounces = 1 pound. 

 16 pounds = 1 stone. 



This weight was used for weighing butter, cheese, butcher meat, 

 hay, and other home productions, and varied in different counties 

 in Scotland, from 20 to 28 Imp. ounces to the pound. By an 

 Edinburgh jury, in 1826, the Trone pound was found to weigh 

 | 9622.67 Imp. grains, or as 1.374667 to 1 pound Imp.; or very 

 nearly 22 Imp. ounces. In Glasgow, and the Lower Ward of 

 Lanarkshire, the pound in general use contained 22J Imp. ounces, 

 in Berwickshire and Dumbartonshire, 23 ounces; Selkirkshire, 

 23 J ounces; Ayrshire, Montrose, Brechin, Arbroath, &c., 24 

 ounces; part of Kirkcudbrightshire, 26 ounces; Kirriemuir, 27 

 ounces; and Aberdeen, 28 ounces. The pound of these weights 

 are in proportion to the Imp. pound as the number of the Imp. 

 ounces in their pound is to 16 ; and their stone contains the 

 same number of Imp. pounds as their pounds contain of Imp. 

 ounces. But as there are 16 pounds to the Trone stone, and 

 only 14 pounds to the Imp. stone, the Trone stone is to the 

 Imp. stone in the proportion of the number of Imp. pounds in 

 their stone to 14, the number of pounds in the Imp. stone. As 

 the Dutch and Trone weights are similarly divided, they are to 

 one another in the proportion of the number of Imp. ounces in 

 their pounds, or Imp. pounds in their stone. 



BREAD AND FLOUR WEIGHT. 

 4 Ibs. 5 J oz. Imp. 1 quarter loaf. 

 8 Ibs. 11 oz. " =1 half peck do. 

 17 Ibs. 6 oz. " =1 peck do. 

 A peck or stone of flour is 14 Ibs., a bushel of flour is 56 Ibs., 

 a boll is 140 Ibs., a sack or 5 bushels is 280 Ibs., or 2J cwt. 



