[ 6 + 3 
hence we are led to the Difcovery of a natural and 
univerfal Standard for the Englifl) Weights and 
Meafures ; and fuch an one as is, in every refped, 
agreeable to the Words of the AJ]ife recorded in 
our mod: ancient Laws. 
Magna Charta points out the Quarter of London 
as the only Standard for Meafures and Weights of 
that time ; but we are left to guefs of what Mcafure 
or Weight it was the Quarter Parr. If we fuppofe it 
the Quarter of a Ton , or 2000 Pound Weight, then 
the Quarter was foo Pounds, and the eighth Part of 
that, or a Bujhel , was equal to a cubic Foot , or 624 
Pounds; from whence lefs Meafures and Weights 
were eafiiy deduced. Subfequent AjJife Laws dired 
the greater Meafures to be raifed from the lefs ; that 
8 Pounds fhould make a Gallon ; 8 Gallons a Bufhel j 
which was to be the eighth Part of a Quarter ; and 
by this Rule the garter is raifed to 512 Pounds, 
and the Ton to 2048 Pounds. Thefe Meafures and 
Weights are raifed with Eafe from known Parts of 
the Foot. For a cubic Veffel, whofe Sides are equal 
to ^ of a Foot, will contain a Cube of Spring Water 
equal to an Ounce Avoirdepois ; and from hence, 
by a regular geometrical TrogreJJion , we fhall obtain 
Cubes 
Water is equal to 76 Pounds Troy ; which is 10 Penyweights 20 
Grains more 'than theiooo Avoirdepois. See Arbuthnot’s Tables ex- 
plain’d. , p. 80, 283. Bijhop Hooper’r State , (Ac. p. n. But 
the Explainer of Arbuthnot’s, Tables feems to have been quite igno- 
rant of any Experiment fince Sir 'Jonas Moore’s, Time ; and to have 
difregarded the due Proportion between the Avoirdepois and Troy 
Pound ; and for 1 75. to 144. his Tables, he fays, are calculated 
zt 17. to 14. 
