ENGLISII MEASURES.
Inches.
A foot is 12 A yard 36 A pole, or rod . . . . 198 A furlong 7920 A mile ... 63360 A link 7 92 A chain 792 A nail of cloth . . . .
Incheu A quarter 9 A yard 36 An ell 45 A hand 4 Square yards.
An acre 4840 The wine gallon is fixed at 231 cubic inches, by an act passed in the reign of Queen Anne, consequently, Cubic Inches.
A pint is • ... . . 28 87.
A quart • ... . 57.75 A barrel 7276.5 A hogshead 14553. A pint of country ale, or beer measure, is 35:25 A quart 70.5 A gallon 282.
A barrel, beer measure, is . . 10152.
ale ditto 9024.
country ditto 9.588.
A hogshead, beer measure, is 15228.
-- ale ditto 13336.
country ditto'. . . 14382.
A pint, dry measure, is . . . . 33.6 A quart 67.2 A pottle 134.4 A gallon 268 A peck 537.6 A Winchester bushel 2150.42 A heaped bushel is one-third more.
A quarter 17203.36 A wey, or load, Is five quarters ; and two loads make a last of Wheat.
Sixty pounds is the mean Weight of a bushel of wheat, '50 of barley, and 38 of oats.
Thirty-six heaped bushels make a chat dron of coals, which generally weigh about 2983 pounds.
An inch pipe, ten yards in length, con tains precisely an ale gallon, weighing 101 pounds.
The ancient standard wine gallon or Guildhall contains 224 cubic inches.
It is imagined, that previous to the " Conquest, a cubic foot of water weighed 1000 ounces ; 82 cubic feet weighed 2006 pounds, or a tun ; that he same quantity was a tun of liquids; and a hogshead 8 cubic feet, or 13824 cubic inches, one 63d of which was 219.4 inches, or a gallon." A quarter of a ton was a quarter of wheat, which weighed about 500 pounds ; one eighth of this, or a bushel, was equi valent to a cubic foot of water. A chal dron of coals weighed 2000 pounds, and Was a ton.
The French, acting upon a general sys• tem of innovation during the late Revolu tion in that country, formed new mea sures, the nomenclature of which is gene rally disapproved of by the learned of England, and Dr. Young ventures to give
them, in some degree amended, as follow : English inches.
Millometre . . . .03937 Centimetre . . . • .39371 Decimetre . . . • 3.93710 Metre 39 37100 Decametre . . . 393.71000 Hecatometre . . 3937.10000 Chiliometre . . 29371.00000 Myriomctre 393710.00000 • The' The metre is 1.09364 yards, or nearly 1 yard, LI nail, or 443.2959 lines French, or .513074 toises.
A decametre is 10 yards, 2 feet, 9.7 inches.
A hecatometre, 109 yards, 1 foot, 1 inch.
A chiliometre, 4 furlongs, 213 yards, 1 foot, 10 2 inches.
A micrometre, 6 miles, 1 furlong, 156 yards, 6 inches.
Eight chiliometres are nearly 5 miles. An inch is .0254 metre ; 2441 inches, 62 metres ; 1000 feet, nearly 305 metres. An arc, a square decametre, is 3,95 perches.
A hecatre, 2 acres, 1 rood, 35.4 perches.
Cubic inches English.
Millilitre .06103 Centilitre .61028 Decilitre . . . 6.10280 Litre, a cubic decimitre 61 02800 Decalitre . • 610.28000 • Hecatolitre 6102.80000 Chiliolitre 61028.00000 Myriolitre 610280.00000 Two and wine pints are about a litre ; 3 wine pints are nearly 14 decili tres ; a chiliolitre is one tun, 12.75 wine gallons.
3,5317 cubic feet make a decistere, a measure for firewood.
A sterc, a cubic metre, 35.3171.
We shall now present the reader of this article with various ancient and modern measures, which were selected from the best authorities.