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PROF. C. P. SMYTH ON THE REPUTED METROLOGICAL SYSTEM 



Grains 



100 = 



dr. 1 





1,000 = 



10 = oz. 1 





10,000 = 



100 = 10 = lb. 1 





100,000 = 



1,000 = 100 = 10 = 



St. 1 



1,000,000 = 



10,000 = 1,000 = 100 = 



10 



2,500,000 = 



25,000 = 2,500 = 250 = 



25 



25,000,000 = 



250,000 = 25,000 = 2,500 = 



250 



= cwt. 



1 



25 



25-0 



wey 1 



10 = ton 1. 



And compared with British imperial weight measures, through the temporary 

 medium of English grains, 



Pyramid Weights. 





English Grains 



1 grain 



= 



0-71622 



1 dram 



= 



71-622 



1 ounce 



= 



716-22 



1 pound 



= 



7,162-2 



1 stone 



= 



71,622- 



1 cwt. 



= 



716,220- 



1 wey 



= 



1,790,550- 



1 ton 



^ 



17,905,500- 



Pyramid I 



Denomination. 



J 





Unit 



= 



1 inch 



and 12 inches 



= 



1 foot 



but 25 inches 



= 



1 arm 



10 arms 



= 



1 rod 



10 rods 



= 



1 acre-side 



25 acre-sides 



= 



1 mile 



4 miles 



= 



1 league 



And arranged for double entry, 



Inches 12 



= ft.l 





1 grain old English 



1 grain modern English 



1 dram Avoird. 

 1 dram Apoth. 



1 ounce Avoird. 



1 ounce Troy, Apoth. 



1 pound Avoird. 



1 pound old Engl. & Scot. 



1 stone, meat 

 1 stone, coal 



1 cwt. Avoird. 

 1 wey, English 

 1 ton Avoird. 

 1 ton shipping 



Reference to Earth's 

 Axis of Rotation. 



English Grains. 

 0-75000 

 1-00000 



26-71875 

 60-00000 



427-5 

 480-0 



7,000 

 7,600 



56,000 

 98,000 



784,000 



1,274,000 



15,680,000 



18,816,000 



500,000,000 





1 



Kn.rtli'«: TfarJinq 



41,666,666-6 &c. 



of Rotation. 





1 





10,000,000 





1 





1,000,000 





1 





100,000 





1 





4,000 





1 



1,000 



25 = „ =:arm 1 



250 = „ = 10 = rod 1 



2,500 = „ = 100 = 10 = acre-side 1 



62,500 = „ = 2,500 = 250 == 25 = mile 1 



250,000= „ =10,000 = 1,000 = 100 = 4 = 1 league 



