537
16 Lifpunds a Jiaple fchippund, 20 lifpunds a fchippund. The fchippund of Siral-fund, commercial weight, is 20 lifpunds or 280 lbs.; the centner, 8 lifpunds or 112 lbs.;tee (ten, 10 lbs. In grocers’ and other fhops, a weight is ufed 3^ per cent, lighter th»nthat ufed in trade, fpoken of higher up.
The Swedilh as correfponds exactly with the as Troy of Holland.
The pound *, or Jkolpfund weighs 1 mark 7 ounces 7 grains, 8 grains po'id de mareFrench .
Dry Meafures.
: Tunna or ton contains
—
7386
Spanns, —
Half fpanns, —
Fierdings or Viertels,
— 2
— 4
— 8
Koppars, —
— 3 2
231
Kanne, —
— 56
13a
Stoppe, —
Owarter, ~
— 112
— 448
Jungfre cert., —
— 1792
Meafures for Dry Goods.
The ordinary laft,
Lait or ton of 1000 herrings,
— of foreign beer,
— of tar, pitch, whale oil, allies,
— of Spanilh or French fait, —
— Hemp, flax, cordage, hops, tallow,
t2 tons.
13 tons.
18 tons.
120 lifpunds.
Kannes.
The barrel of malt, — — 66
of fait and lime, — 59
Ton of wheat rye, barley, oats and peas, 63
8771
7848
1210
* 100 lbs. Swcdifh weight is equal to 93 lbs. 7 ounces Engliih. The Engliih pounds confequently con-tain 9523 alfes fere , of Swedifli weight, and is heavier than the Swedilh in the proportion of 320 to 299.The ftaple fchippund weighs therefore of Avoirdupois weight Engliih, 299 lbs.
The fchippund (of 20 lifpunds), — — 373? ^s.
The lifpund, — — — i84| lbs.
The Ikopfund, — — — 14 02. 15/4 drams,
f Reduction of the table of meafures of capacity to Engliih meafure, computing 7386 French inches tothe tunna, and the French foot to be to the Engliih as 1068 to icoo.
The tunna will contain 7888 inches Engliih, orSpann,
1 COO.
28; : -g®~ Gallons Winchefter Dry meafure.
rather more than of a gallon,rather more than half a gallon.
a quart,half a pint.
Junfre cert, f s do.
The laft of twelve tons, 347 gallons and upwards, of thirteen,tons. One ton Engliih Avoirdupois, and a| lbs.
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