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Cubes equal to (*) 8 64 'fi2 Ounces, or to 
4 32 256 2048 Pounds Avoirdepois : 
And from a cubic Veflel containing one fuch Pound, 
\vc fhall have other cubic Veflels, equal in Weight 
8 64 5T2 Pounds; and in Meafure to the 
Gallon, Bujhel and Quarter, according to the AJfiJ'e. 
The (*) Gallon , Bujhel, and Quarter, are called 
dry Meafures ; and are ufed for afeertaining the 
Quantity of Com, and other dry Goods ; the Gallon 
is alfo a liquid Meafure railed from a Bound, in Li- 
quids now called a Pint ( 1 2 3 ); from whence all the 
other liquid Meafures are railed j but with this Dif- 
ference in the Proportion, that the liquid Bujhel is 
not 64, but 6 3 Pounds or Pints ; eight whereof make 
the Hogfjead equal to 6 3 Gallons ; from whence the 
Contents, as well of the larger as fmaller Veflels or 
Meafures of Capacity are fettled. 
The Meafures of Capacity thus raifed, are fuf- 
ficicn'ly convenient for common Ufe, and are gene- 
rally retained at this time j but for V/eights , there 
has been fome Variety from time to time, in the 
Compofition of the larger forr, ufed for determining 
the W eight of Merchandize and heavy Goods, as will 
appear from the following Extrad from feveral old 
Ads 
(1) Eight Ounces are equal to a Mark , whereof two, or twice 
the Contents of that Cube make a Pound Avoirdepois . 
(2) The Half-Bufhel, Peck, Gallon, Pottle, and Quart, are 
directed by 25 Ed. III. St. 5. c. 10. to be made according to the 
King’s Standard. 
(a) See Bilhop Hooper, p. 6. 
(3) See Note (5) of p. 66. infra. —The Pint is not mention’d in 
the AJjijehz'ws ; but Bilhop Hooper has given a long and learned D A- 
fertation upon that Meafure, and calls it the Pint of Old , p. 458. . 
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