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abolifhed the old pound, in the 1 8 th of his reign, and eila- 
hliflied the Troy; for he then declares, the Troy pound 
exceedeth the old pound by | of an ounce. This fets the 
matter in a clear light, and fhews what the two weights 
were,, and what the difference between them. Hence 
then, there can be no doubt, but henry vii. altered the 
oldEnglifh w^eight, and introduced a heavier Troy pound, 
tliat exceeded the old one by | of an omice ; and although 
none of his ftandard weights have come down to us, yet 
his brafs bufliel meafure, with his name upon it, was 
found in the Exchequer in 1688, and proves to be 2 145 
cubic inches contents ; from which we may form conclu- 
ffons,both on his weights and meafures, fufficient to con- 
vince us, that he altered both. That his bufliel was a 
meafure of 9 gallons infteadof 8,,andthat his Troy pound 
’vvas ~ part heavier than the old Englifh pound, which 
was raifed from 3 2 grains of wheat. Experiment hath 
proved, that a meafure of 1728 cubic inches of wheat, 
will weigh from 474 to about 48^ pounds Avoirdupois; 
but fuppofe it be only 47I pounds Avoirdupois, that, in 
Troy weight, will be 584^ pounds Troy. From hence 
we may ealily find the. weight of wheat that 2145 cubic 
inches will contain. For, as 172 8 cubic inches : 2145 
eubic inches : : 5 8^46 pounds T roy : y 2 . pounds T roy , the • 
weip'ht of wheat that henry viith’s bufliel would con- 
o 
tain. And dividing the 72 by 8, the number of pounds 
limited by the ftatute to a gallon, it proves henry viith’S 
budiel was a meafure of 9 gallons inftead. of 8; and as 
8 bufhels made a quarter, then.the quarter, contained 7 2 
gallons.. 
