... own arm, from the extreme end of the longest finger to the middle of the breast, and that the other measures should be raised upon this. The old English pound, which was the legal standard of weight from the time of William the Conqueror to that of... The accomptant's guide, a new system of arithmetic - Page 1by James Morrison (accountant.) - 1801Full view - About this book
| Robert Hamilton - Business mathematics - 1777 - 740 pages
...MEASURE. 21. The Engüfii gallon was originally founded on the Troy weight. It was appointed that Bib. Troy of wheat, gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, fhouid make a gallon. When averdupois weight came into ufe, another gallon was formed from it in the... | |
| William M. Finlay - Accounting - 1803 - 272 pages
...brandy. J rundlet. This measure was originally founded on the ft troy, as it was ordered that 8ft> of wheat gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, should make a gallon. NOTE. — One pint of this measure is equal to lJb Troy, and contains 28-J. cubic... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - Arithmetic - 1812 - 274 pages
...weigh exactly 100 pounds avoirdupois. The origin of liquid measure, was from Troy-weight : eight pounds Troy of wheat gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, were,, by a statute made in the reign of Henry 111., ordained to be a gallon of wine measure. No other... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - Industrial arts - 1829 - 654 pages
...measures were originally raised from troy weight: it being enacted by several statutes, that eight pounds troy of wheat, gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, should weigh a gallon of wine measure, the divisions and multiples whereof were to form the other measures... | |
| Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1832 - 186 pages
...meant so much round timber, as will make forty feet after it is squared. * Four pounds Troy weight of wheat gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, were called one gallon, and this was the original standard of all English measure!, both liquid and... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1837 - 266 pages
...foot, or a yard, on each side." VIII. Cloth Measure. IX. Square Measure. * " Four pounds of Troy Weight of wheat, gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, were called one gallon ; and this was the original standard of all English measures, both liquid and... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...XI. Wine Measure.* NOTE. The wine gallon contains 231 cubic inches. * " Four pounds of Troy Weight of wheat, gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, were called one gallon ; and this was the original standard of all English measures, both liquid and... | |
| Ireland - 1843 - 450 pages
...pound, derived from the weight of grains of wheat, was the standard, which was thus derived : 32 grains (of wheat) gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, made a pennyweight ; 20 pennyweights made an ounce, and 12 ounces a pound, equivalent therefore to... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - 1850 - 350 pages
...231 cubic inches. A gallon of milk, or malt liquor, is 282 cubic inches. " Four pounds of Troy Weight of wheat, gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, were called one gallon ; and this was the original standard of all English measures, both liquid and... | |
| Charles Guilford Burnham - Arithmetic - 1857 - 328 pages
...cubic inches. A gallon of milk, or malt liquor, is 282 cubic inches. , "Four pounds of Troy Weight of wheat, gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, were called one gallon ; and this was the original standard of all English measures, both liquid and... | |
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