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gal fan^lion ; and the particular ufe to which the faid 
weight is there directed, is limply for w'eighing butchers 
meat in the market. And it is note-worthy, that in all 
the old ftatutesof affize prior to henry vii.the legal gal- 
lon meafiire of capacity is founded on 8 pounds, raifed 
.from the weight of 3 2 grains of wheat, and by that fta- 
tute of 1 2th HENRY VII. the gallon is to contain 8 pounds 
Troy ; therefore, thefe two forts of weight were the only 
ones eftabliflied as legal by the ftatutes ; and both are a 
lighter weight than Avoirdupois. How, or when, the 
Avoirdupois weight came firft into private ufe is not 
clearly known to us ; but this feems clear, that no ftatute 
before the 24th henry viii.hath given it any legal fane- 
tion. 
IV. 
