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I. An Account of the Analogy betwixt Englifli 
Weights and Meafures of Capacity, by the 
Rev * Mr. William Batlow of Plymouth. 
T H E Analogy betwixt antient Englifb Weights 
and Meafures Teems for many Ages to have 
been intirely forgotten and unknown. 
Our Forefathers fuppofed a cubic Foot of Water 
(aflumed as a general Standard for Liquids) to weigh 
6z Pound the Exa&nefs of which Suppofition is 
confirmed by modem Obfervation : For in Ehilo- 
fophical Tr an faff ions , N° 169. we find the Weight 
of a Foot of Pump-water to be 6 2 Pound 8 Ounces. 
From a cubic Foot of Water multiplied by 32, is 
raifed a Ton Weight, or 2000 Pound, luckily falling 
into large round Numbers, and for that Reafon made 
Choice of. 
Agreeably hereto were liquid Meafures accom- 
modated, viz. 8 cubic Foot of Water made a 
Hoglhead, and 4 Hogflieads a Ton in Capacity and 
Denomination as well as Weight. 
Dry Meafures were raifed on the fame Model. A 
Bufhel of Wheat (affumed as a general Standard for 
all forts of Grain) was fuppofed to weigh 61 Pound ~ p 
equal to a Foot of Water; 8 of thefe Bulhels a 
Quarter, and 4 Quarters a Ton Weight. 
Coals were fold by the Chaldron, which was fup- 
pofed to weigh a Ton or a 000 Pound. See Cham- 
bers’s Di&ionary. 
Therefore, though the Meafures containing a li- 
quid Ton, 4 Quarters of Wheat, a Chaldron of Coals, 
N n n &c . 
