( III ) 
would be by this means deflroyed, and the Di£ 
eafe either cured or the fpreading of it prevented. 
1 am, S l R, 
Tours, &c. 
William Beckett. . 
VII. An Experiment to compare the Paris Weights as 
they are now usd at Paris, with the Englifli 
Weights . S 'y the Reverend J. T* Defaguliers, 
LL.D. K % S. 
F inding the Accounts which we have of the French 
Weights different in different Books, I lent to a 
curious Gentleman for fome Tatis Weights exad: to the 
Standard Weights at the Chatdet ; and found upon 
tryal, the Paris Ounce, which contains $76 of their 
Grains, to be equal to 476 of our Grains Troy; from 
which Experiment all the other Proportions may be 
deduc’d. 
The French Pound cont. 16 Ounces. 
Ounce — 8 Drams, or 576 Paris Grains. 
Dram 3 Deniers* 
Denier — ■ 14 Grains. 
Vllf. Some 
