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REPORT— 1847. 
'fhus the cubic foot will be divided into 10 cans, 25 quarts, 50 pints, 100dqii 
and 200 gills. Tlic new names Can and CAo/)tn ore recommended to daiofifr 
tenth and the hundredth parts of the cubic foot respectively, being its mas» 
pnrtant subdivisions. 
In measuring com for wholesale dealings, as well as sand, lime, &c., lie pnfas 
to use measures of 1 cubic foot, and uf 5 cubic feet, two of the latter, spea it topa: 
bottom, to be put together on a level floor or platform, and form alOrsiielH! 
measure. Beer, wine and other liquors to be priced and gauged, and die dntiso- 
iceted by the cubic foot. 
5thly. New Apoihecary’t Liquid Measure frofosed. 
60 minims .. I tenth ofacobicdi^ 
600 minims, or 10 tenths . I cubic digit. 
10 cubic dijpts . 1 half-pint or chopia 
6 thly. New Meanru nf Weight pnposed, 
100 grains.. ..... I cent. 
100 cents, or 10,000 grains . 1 pound 
The standard one-paund-wclght to be exactly 1 • 60 thpart wi - 
new cubic foot of distilled water, ns ascertained by brass weights at the tempo**® 
of 17® of the centigrade thermometer, or 62‘’‘6 of KaJirenheit, whh tho 
RUnding at 24^ digits of the new lineal measure, or 29'77S8 inches of oor^ 
measure. By this arrangement 100 Ib.s. of the new will ^ equal to about 1*^ 
of the present avoirdupois weight; the new grain will weigh about Jthsoft*!*’ 
jKuitTroy grain, and the new minim of distilled water will be equal 
weight, whilst in measure it will be about four-fifths of the present sfrox*! 
minim. 
Iho grain to be subdivided decimally into tenths and hundredths for vert 
;>ur|M« 08 , and its decimal multiples the 10 grains, the 100 grains, thelOW^ 
and the pound, to be used exclasivcly for weighing and pricing all 
o which Troy weight is now applied, and to the entire exclusion aJsoofpeirl*®!®' 
diamond weight and all the carat weights. , ^ 
“ow sold by avoirdupois weight to he priced in future by 
. 1 ,* cent, and its decimal multiples the 10 lbs., , 
d the lOOO lbs., to the exclusion of ounces, stones, hundred weights »a® 
our present avoirdupois weight. . u 
The only weights absolutely neces.'iary for weighing groceries and 
the proposed new system will be weights of 1 cent, 2 cents, 6 cents, lOcenU.^O'®* 
60 wnts. 1 lb., 2 lbs.. 5 lbs., 10 lbs., 20 lbs., 50 lbs. and 100 lbs. , _ 
Weis and casks of various denominations, as well as sieves, 
*4^! Tiow designating special quantities or wei#^ ^ 
. ' com and other goods, together with the various customart lo*" 
from each other, not to be nsed aa measures 
r. « contents or amount of each, in cubic feet or pcuD*’'=? 
M may be. 
foregoing suggestions, or any Bvstera on the same principle 
nllLi !! weights, sbouW be aJojited, the fine 
gna Chartft, and most clearly 
"thly. ^fea8urps of Temperature and Air. 
rallv thermometer, first proposed by 
the^nnlv °ther countries, having its zero at the 
by the temperature in nature, and its lOOlh 
new lineal foiling water W'hen the barometer stauus ^ 24i ^ 
ore proposed^ shall be adopted in preference to Fabrcnh 
^ct of the 27th of Edward the Third, stalu« S’"*- 
® ,n the Statutes of the Realm, vol. I p. 337. 
