172 Sir George Shuckburgh Evelyn's Endeavours 
being referred to Troughton's scale, between 6 and 42 inches, 
the entire yard of 1588, measuring from one extremity to the 
other, was found to be shorter than this, by —,007 inch : but 
these comparisons will be better exhibited in a table. 
Difference 
Difference 
K Ml 11 
from 
Length in 
on 36 
Mean difference 
Exchequer standard of 1588. 
Trough- 
ton. 
• Inches. 
inches. 
on 36 inches. 
~ 
Inch. 
Entire yard 
— ,007 
35,993 
— ,007 
iyard, from 2 4 to 42 inch. 
4- }°^s 
18,063 
+ ,126 
Inch. 
4 yard, from 15 to 42 inch. 
— ,008 
26,992 
— ,011 
>= 4- 0,015 
|yard, from io| to 42 in. 
-{- ,022 
3k52 2 
4 r ,025 
||yard, from 8| to 42 in. 
Entire ell, from 2 to 47 
- ,°55 
33 £95 
*0 
0 
1 
inch. - - - 
— ,03 6 
44>9^4 
— ,02 9 
~ ' 
| ell, from 2 to 24-J inch. 
+ >032 
22,532 
+ >°5 2 
-J, from 2 to 35I inch. 
+ > 01 7 
33>7 6 7 
~j- ,018 
>= -f 0,016 
& from 2 to 41,375 inch. 
— ,001 
39>374 
— ,001 
Viz. the Exche- 
|fi, from 2 to 44,1875 
+ >°43 
quer measure is 
by so much the 
I inch. 
+ >°5 5 
4 2 > 2 39 
- 
longer, or about 
1 in 2322. 
(§• 4°-) ^ appears then, from the above table, that the an- 
cient standards of the realm differ very little from those that 
have been made by Mr. Bird, or Mr. Troughton, and conse- 
quently, even in a finance view, (if one might look so far for- 
ward, ) nothing need be apprehended, of loss in the customs, or 
excise duties, by the adoption of the latter. 
