AGRICULTURAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



Comparison of Linear Measures. 



Mesures usuelles. English Measures. 



Metres. Feet. Inches. Tarts. 



Toiseusuelle 2 ... 6 6 9 



Pied, or Foot ^i ... 1 1 H 



Inch Q^...O 1 1| 



Aune ll ... 3 11 3 



Half Oi ... 1 11 71 



Quarter 0^ ... 11 9f 



Eighth 0^1 ... 5 101 



Sixteenth 0^ ... 2 ll/g 



Mesures usuelles. 



One third of an aune 



Sixth , 



Twelfth 



Enf^lish Measures. 

 Metres. Feet. Inches. Parts. 

 ,.. 0| ... 1 3 9 



0| 

 0/b 



101 



Comparison of Measures of Capacity. 



Litres. EnRlish bushels. 



usuel 12-5 0-35474 



With halves and quarters in proportion. 



Paris pinte. 



Litron usuel 1-074 , 



With halves and quarters in proportion 



English pint. 



EKGLISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



The following Tables show the state of English weights and measures as long established ; but a new 

 law has lately passed, which proposes the following alteration in measures of capacity, that is to say, both 

 in liquid and dry measures, from the 1st of January, 1826. Thus, instead of the three different gallons 

 heretofore used, viz. the wine, ale, and corn gallons, one measure only is to be adopted, called the imperial 

 gallon, with its divisions and multiples, which are to be as heretofore for wine measure. But for corn or 

 other dry goods not heaped, the divisions and multiples are to be as in corn measure. 



The imperial gallon is to measure 277-274 cubic inches, and to weigh 10 lb. avoirdupois of water at the 

 temperature of 62 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, thebarometer being at thirty inches. 



The imperial bushel is to measure and weigh eight times the above, and all the other multiples and di- 

 visions of the imperial gallon are to be in proportion. 



All new measures in future are to be constructed on the imperial plan ; but the old measures may con- 

 tinue to be used, provided their contents be marked on them, that is, the proportion which they may be 

 found to bear to imperial measure. 



The following Table shows the contents of the differ- I 

 ent Gallons, both in Measure and Weight. 



Tlie above Table will be found useful in compar- 

 ing different vessels where gauging cannot be relied 



Rules for converting the Old Measures to the New, 

 and the contrary. 



1. IVine Measure multiplied by 5 and divided by 

 6 will give imperial measure, and the contrary. 



2. Corn Measure multiplied by 31 and divided by 

 32 will give imperial measure, and the contrary 



3. Ale Measure multiplied by 59 and divided by 

 60 will give imperial measure, and the contrary. 



The coal measure is scarcely changed by the new 

 law, and therefore will probably remain unaltered 

 in practice. 



Tables of English Weights and Measures, compared 

 with those of France. 



TROY WEIGHT. 



French grammes. 



1 grain 0-06+8 



24 grains 1 pennyweight 1-5552 



20 pennyweights 1 ounce 31-1027 



12 ounces 1 pound 373-2330 



The grain troy is divided into 20 mites, the mite 

 into 24 doits, the doits into 20 periots, and the pe- 

 riot into 24 blanks. These divisions are imaginary ; 

 but there are real weights of decimal divisions to 

 the thousandth part of a grain. 



apothecaries' -weight. 



Fr. gram. 



1 grain 0-C648 



20 grains 1 scruple 1-295 



3 scruples 1 dram 3888 



8 drams 1 ounce 31102 



12 ounces 1 pound 373-233 



This weight is essentially the same as troy 

 weight, but differently divided. It is chiefly used 



AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT. 



French gram. 



1 dram 1-771 



16 drams 1 ounce 28-346 



16 ounces 1 pound 453-;>44 



28 pounds 1 quarter 12-699 kilog. 



4 quarters 1 hundred wt 50796 



20 hundred wt 1 ton 1015-920 



The dram is subdivided into three scruples, and 

 each scruple into ten grains ; the poimd or 7630 

 grains avoirdupois, equals 7000 grains troy, and 

 hence one grain troy equals 1.097 grains avoirdupois. 

 Hence also 1441b. avoird 1751b. troy. 



and 192 oz. ditto 175 oz. do. 



The stone 'is generally 14 lb. avoirdupois, but for 

 butcher's meat or fish it is 8 lb. Hence the hundred 

 equals 8 stone of 14 lb. or 14 stone of 8 lb. 



A stone of glass is 5 lb. A seam of glass 24 stone, 

 or 120 lb. 



Hay and straw are sold by the load of o& trusses. 



The truss of hay weighs 56 lb. and of straw 36 lb. 

 The truss of new hay is 60 lb. until the 1st of Sep- 

 tember. The hay is by that time become dry, and 

 the same quantity weighs less. 



The custom of allowing more than 16 ounces to 

 the pound of butter is very general in several parts 

 of the country. 



Other customary Weights, Sfc. 



CHEESE AND BUTTER. 



8 pounds 1 clove. 



32 cloves 1 wey in Essex. 



42 ditto 1 ditto in Suffolk 



56 pounds 1 firkin of butter. 



BEEF, MUTTON, &C. 



8 pounds 1 stone of beef, 



mutton, &c. 



64 pounds of soap 1 firkin. 



SO pounds of ancnovies 1 barrel. 



112 pounds of gunpowder 1 ditto. 



112 pounds of raisins 1 ditto. 



120 pounds of prunes 1 puncheon. 



7J pounds of oil 1 gallon. 



8 pounds of vinegar 1 ditto. 



36 pounds of straw 1 truss. 



60 pounds of new hay 1 ditto. 



56 pounds of old hay 1 ditto. 



36 trusses of hay or straw 1 load. 



7 pounds of salt 1 gallon. 



56 pounds or 8 gallons 1 bushel. 



WOOL WEIGHT. 



Wool, like all other common articles, is weigheil 

 by avoirdupois, but the divisions differ : thus. 



Kilogram. 



