Men And Measures a History of Weights And Measures Ancient And Modern

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Boll 164 lb. Scots = 17-8 Half-Cargo = 1776 Firlot 41 =4-45 Panau, Eimino = 4-43 Gallon 2o| = 2'22 Half-Eimino = 2'2i Pint, Jug 41 oz. = 2 '2 Pechi6 (Pitcher) = 2'2i In the next reign, that of James II, about 1450, another Firlot appeared. It was to be 'a general Mett, according to the Pint and Quart formerly given to the Burgh of Stirling for an universal standard, whereof each Firlot to contain eighteen Pints . . . And that none use another measure. ' Which of the Stirling pints was the Stand
...ard ? The smaller pint of 41 Scots ounces of water, or the Jug, the larger pint, of 55 ounces ?
In this case it was certainly the larger pint ; for 1 8 pints of this standard are very nearly equal to a firlot containing a Rhineland cubic foot of water, 1000 Troy ounces = 1886 cubic inches. Except the slight difference between Amsterdam and Scots Troy weight, this firlot was 62^ lb. Scots, just as the English cubic foot was 6a| lb. Averdepois. It was 18 pints of 104-2 cubic inches = 1875-6 cubic inches = 54 Imperial pints or 6-76 Imperial gallons.


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