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rounds of the latter were found equal to 18 Pounds 
2 Ounces iy Peny weights Troy ; which fixes the 
Pound Avoirdepois at 7000 (1) fuch Grains, as the 
Troy Pound weighs 5760; and upon three feveral 
Trials, made by the Gentlemen of the Council of the 
Royal Society , at the Exchequer, upon a Medium the 
Avoir depots Pound was found equal to 7000,2$ 
Troy Grains. 
By the firft (2) Malt Aft, which palled foon after 
the making the Experiment upon the Winchefter 
Bufhel, it is declared, that every Bufhel 18 Inches 
and \ wide, and 8 Inches deep, fhould be efteemed 
a legal JVinchefler Bufhel : And the Coal Bufhel is 
dircded (3) to be made 19 Inches and ~ Diameter, 
and to contain the laft Bufhel and one Quart of Water. 
The firft contains 2iyo,42 cubic Inches, the laft 
2217,47. 
We now fee different Meafures eftablifhed bjr 
Law (4) ; and under the Excife Laws, two different 
Gages or Meafures, ufed for raking the Dimen fions 
of Wine and Ale Veffels. The Wine Gallon con- 
tains 231 cubic Inches, and the Ale Gallon 282 j but 
upon what Foundation this laft Meafure was efta- 
blifhed is difficult to determine. 
Troy 
(1) Ward , in his Young Math. Guide , fays, 69997 Grains. 
Phil. Tranf. N 9 . 465. p. 1 81. and N°. 470. — Bifhop Hooper 10. 
Pharmacopoeia Londin. fays, — The Avoir depots Pound is faid to 
be about 7000 Grains. 
(2) 13 W. III. c. 5. § 28. and 1 Ann. St. 2 . c. 3. § 10. 
(3) }2 Ann. St. 2 . c. 17. § 1 1. 
(4) Though contrary to Magna Charta , and feveral other Laws 
not repealed. 
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