The London adviser and guide: containing every instruction and information useful and necessary to persons living in London, and coming to reside there; ... By the Rev. Dr. Trusler. ...
About this Item
Title
The London adviser and guide: containing every instruction and information useful and necessary to persons living in London, and coming to reside there; ... By the Rev. Dr. Trusler. ...
Author
Trusler, John, 1735-1820.
Publication
London :: printed for the author, and sold by all booksellers,
M,D,LXXXVI [1786]
Rights/Permissions
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.lib.umich.edu/tcp/ecco/ for more information.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004859210.0001.000
Cite this Item
"The London adviser and guide: containing every instruction and information useful and necessary to persons living in London, and coming to reside there; ... By the Rev. Dr. Trusler. ..." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collections Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004859210.0001.000. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 6, 2024.
Pages
TABLES OF MEASURES AND WEIGHTS.
Ale and Beer Measure.
2 Pints make 1 Quart
4 Quarts 1 Gallon
8 Gallons 1 Firkin of Ale
9 Gallons 1 Firkin of Beer
2 Firkins 1 Kilderkin
2 Kilderkins 1 Barrel
3 Kilderkins 1 Hogshead
3 Barrels 1 Butt
Wine Measure.
4 Gills make 1 Pint
2 Pints 1 Quart
4 Quarts 1 Gallon
18 Gallons 1 Rundlet
1 1-3d Rundlet 1 Barrel
1 1-3d Barrel 1 Tierce
11-2 Tierce or 63 Gall. 1 Hhd
1 1-3d Hhd. or 84 Gall. 1 Puncheon
1 1-half Punch. or 2 Hhds. 1 Pipe or Butt
2 Pipes 1 Tun
By this measure all brandies, spirits, mead, cyder, per|ry, and oil, are measured.
By this measure salt, lead-ore, oysters, corn, and other dry goods are measured.
Coal Measure.
4 Pecks make 1 Bushel
9 Bushels 1 Vat or Strike
36 Bushels 1 Chaldron
21 Chaldrons 1 Score
Note, In five chaldrons of coals the seller always gives nine bushels over.
Cloth Measure.
2 1-4th Inches make 1 Nail
4 Nails 1 Quarter of a Yard
4 Quarters 1 Yard
5 Quarters 1 Ell English
3 Quarters 1 Ell Flemish
6 Quarters 1 Ell French
Scotch and Irish linens are bought and sold by the yard English; but all Dutch linens are bought by the ell Flemish, and fold by the ell English.
descriptionPage 189
Long Measure.
3 Barley-corns make 1 inch
3 Inches 1 Palm
3 Palms 1 Span
1 1-3d Palm, or 12 Inches, 1 Foot
1 1-2d Foot 1 Cubit
2 Cubits 1 Yard
1 Yard 2-3ds 1 Pace
1 Pace 1-5th 1 Fathom
2 Fathoms 3-4ths 1 Pole
16 Feet 1-half, or 5 Yards 1-half, 1 Pole
40 Poles 1 Furlong
8 Furlongs 1 Mile
3 Miles 1 League
20 Leagues 1 Degree
69 Miles 1-half 1 Degree
This treats of Length only.
Square Measure.
144 square Inches make 1 square Foot
9 square Feet 1 square Yard
30 1-4th square Yards 1 square Pole
40 square Poles 1 square Rood
4 square Roods 1 square acre
640 square Acres 1 square Mile
This includes Length and Breadth.
Cubic Measure.
1728 cubic Inches make 1 Foot
27 cubic Feet make 1 cu|bic Yard
This comprehends Length, Breadth, and Thickness.
Avoirdupoize Weight.
16 Drachms make 1 ounce, marked oz.
16 Ounces 1 Pound, lb.
28 Pounds 1 Quarter of a Hundred, qr.
4 Quarters 1 Hundred, or 112 lb. cwt.
20 Hundred Weight 1 Ton, T.
Butter, Cheese, Flesh, Grocery wares, and all goods that have waste, are weighed by this.
descriptionPage 190
Troy Weight.
4 Grains make 1 Carat
24 Grains 1 Pennyweight, marked dwt.
20 Pennyweight 1 Ounce, marked oz.
12 Ounces 1 Pound lb.
By this weight Jewels, Gold, Silver, Amber, &c. are weighed.—14 Ounces, 11 Pennyweights, and 15 Grains Troy, are equal to a Pound Avoirdupoize.
Apothecaries Weight.
20 Grains make 1 Scruple, marked ℈
3 Scruples 1 Drachm ʒ
8 Drachms 1 Ounce ℥
12 Ounces 1 Pound, or Pi••t of Liquid, lb.
Apothecaries compound their medicines by this weight, but buy and sell by Avoirdupoize weight.
Wool Weight.
7 Pounds make 1 Clove
2 Cloves 1 Stone
2 Stone 1 Todd
6 and half Todd 1 Wey
2 Weys 1 Sack
12 Sacks 1 Last
Bread Weight.
lb.
oz.
dr.
A peck loaf should weigh
17
6
1
A half-peck
8
11
0
A quartern
4
5
8
Note, A bushel of flour is 56 lb.—When the quartern loaf wheaten is sold for 8d. the seconds shall be sold for 7 d. the houshold for 6 d. and so in proportion.
Hay and Straw.
A Load of either contains 36 trusses
A Truss of Hay 56 Pounds
A Truss of Straw 36 Pounds
descriptionPage 191
TIME.
60 Seconds make 1 Minute
60 Minutes 1 Hour
24 Hours 1 Day
7 Days 1 Week
4 Weeks 1 Month
13 Months, 1 day, 6 hours, or 365 days, 6 hours, makes 1 Year.
Paper is Bought by the Ream.
••4 Sheets make 1 Quire
••0 Quires 1 Ream
2 Reams 1 Bundle
5 Bundles 1 Bale
Note, A perfect Ream is twenty-one Quires and a half, without any outside or damaged Sheets.
A stone of meat is 8lb.
A stone horseman's weight, 14 lb.
Horses in height are measured by hands, each hand four inches.
Notes
* 1.1
In Surry, and some other counties, the Bushel con|tains nine gallons, but the price is estimated accor|dingly.