MEASURES OF CAPACITY. NOTE. The imperial gallon contains 10 lb. avoir. 2,218-192 256 1 Bush. 8= 4 1 Qr. = 17,745-536 2,048: = 512 = 256 = 64 = 32 = 8=1 II. Old Measures now Abolished. = 2 = = NOTE. The old wine gall. contains 231 cubic inches. Ale and Beer. 36 galls. hogshead, 72 galls 282 cubic inches. = = = 1 peck, 8 galls. 1 bushel, 64 I quarter, and the gall. contains 268-8025 cubic Dry goods. 2 galls. galls. inches. III. Old Monies, Weights, and Measures of Scotland. = = Imp. cub. in. for wheat. Imp. cub. in. for bar. = 553-580875= 2,214-3235 = = 8,857.294 = 12,921 2288 4 firlots 1 boll SCOTCH LIQUID MEASURE. 807.5768 3,230.3072 = 206,739.6608 CONVERSION MULTIPLIERS. I. To convert avoirdupois weight into troy, and II. To convert measures of the old standard into imperial measures. 1. wine gallons 2. prices per do. 7. pounds Scots 8. Scotch pounds × 10869928 = avoir. pounds. 9. prices per do. × 9199693 = prices per do. III. To convert imperial measures into measures of the old standard. 1. imp. gallons x 1.2003203 wine gallons. 2. prices per do. x 83311093 3. imp. gallons. × 98324113 4. prices per do. x 10170445 = 6. prices per do. 5. imp. bushels × 10315157 7. pounds sterl. x 12. 8. avoir. pounds × 9199693 × 9694472 9. prices per do. 10. imp. chains 11. imp. acres × 10869928 = prices per do. = ale gallons. prices per do. -Winch. bush. = prices per do. =pounds Scots. =Scot. pounds. = prices per do. X 79290606 12. prices per do. Scotch chains. Scotch acres. × 1.26118345 = prices per do. 16. prices per do. 998256 = prices per do. 15. imp. bushels × 1.001747 17. imp. quarters x 13733628 = barley bolls. 18. prices per do. x 72813968 = prices per do. 19. imp. bushels × 6866814 barley firlots. 20. prices per do. x 1-4562793 = prices per do. Examples illustrating the method of using the above multipliers. 1. How many imp. galls. are equivalent to 135 wine galls. ? 135 x 83311093112 galls., 1 qt., 1 pt. 3 gills. 2. What price per imp. gall. is equivalent to 9s. 3d. per wine gall.? 9.25 × 1.2003203 = 11s. ld. 0·94 q. 3. How many imp. chains are equal to 45 Scotch chains? 45 × 1.123024= 50 chains, 53-609 links. 4. Convert 5445 Scotch links into imp. links. 5445 × 1·123024 =6114·867 imp. links. 5. Convert 15625 Scotch sq. links into imp. sq. links. 15625 × 1.26118345 = 19705·99 imp. sq. links. 6. Convert 7 ac. 1 ro. 12 falls Scotch into imp. ac. 7.325 × 1.261183459 ac. 38 po. 3.24 sq. yd. 7. What price per imp. acre is equivalent to £2, 158. 74d. per Scotch acre? 2-78125 × 79290606 = £2, 4s. 1d. 1·059 q. 9. What price per wheat boll is equivalent to £3, 98. 44d. per imp. qr.? 3.46875 x 499128 £1, 148. 7d. 2·09 q. I EXERCISES. 1. In 3 lb. 6 oz. of silver, how many avoir. Ib. ? Ans. 2 lb. 14 oz. 1.28 dr. 2. How many troy oz. in 10 oz. 4 dr. avoir.? Ans. 9 oz. 6 dwt. 20:37 gr. 3. Find the price per Ib. and the number of avoir. lb. of iron in 17 st. 3 Ib. Scotch, at the rate of 8s. 8d. per stone. Ans. 298 lb. 14 oz. 12-29 dr.; and price 5d. 3.9 q. per lb. 4. Find in imp. and also in Scotch square measure the difference between 10 imp. acres and 8 Scotch acres. Ans. 14 po. 9.5 sq. yd. imp.; and 11 falls, 12.6 ells Scotch. 5. Which is the better bargain, to buy land at £3, 16s. 74d. per Scotch acre, or at £3, 1s. per imp. acre? Ans. The Scotch acre better by 3d. 2.74 4 6. What per cent. is gained by buying wheat at 9s. 1 d. per bush., and selling it at the same price per firlot? Ans. Gained 3s. 5d. 37 q. per cent. EXCHANGE. Exchange consists in finding what quantity of the money of one country is equivalent to a certain sum of the money of another, according to a given course of exchange. The par of exchange is the intrinsic value of the currency of one country, compared with the currency of another. The course of exchange is the current value at which the money of one country is estimated in |