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New Imperial Tables
Few Acts of Parliament immediately interest so many individuals as that passed on June 17th, 1824, for establishing uniformity of weights and measures.
The content of the new Imperial standard gallon is fixed at 277.274 cubic inches; and this is now the standard measure of capacity, to be used throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for both spirits, wine, Ale, Beer and all other liquids; and also for every kind of grain, and all other dry commodities.
But as the capacity of the gallon is changed, so likewise is the capacity of the tierce, the hogshead, the puncheon, the pipe, and the tun, in wine and spirit measure; the firkin, the kilderkin, the barrel, the hogshead, the puncheon, the butt, and the tun, in Ale and beer measure; and the peck, the bushel, the strike, the coom, the quarter, the wey, and the last, in dry measure.
Tables of corn or dry measure
2 pints make 1 quart. qt.
2 quarts or 4 pints '' 1 pottle. pot.
2 pottles or 4 quarts '' 1 gallon. gal.
2 gallons or 8 quarts '' 1 peck. pk.
4 pecks or 8 gallons '' 1 bushel. bu.
2 bushels or 8 pecks '' 1 strike. strike.
4 bushels or 2 strikes '' 1 coom. coom.
2 cooms or 8 bushels '' 1 quarter. qr.
5 quarters or 40 bushels '' 1 wey. wey.
2 weys or 10 quarters '' 1 last. last.
New gallon 277. 274 cubic inches.
Old corn gallon 268.8 '' ''
Old corn bushel 2150.4 '' ''
New corn bushel 2218. 192 '' ''
Old Scotch boll for wheat, beans, peas, rye, salt and grass seeds, contains, 8789. 34 cubic inches, equal to 4 bushels, 2 quarts, 1½ pint of our old measure.
Cubic inches contained in each denomination, according to the new standard gallon.
Cubic inches.
277.274 = 1 Gallon
554.548 = 2 Gallon = 1 Peck.
2218.192 = 8 Gallon = 4 Peck = 1 Bushel.
4436.384 = 16 Gallon = 8 Peck = 2 Bushel = 1 Strike.
8872.768 = 32 Gallon = 16 Peck = 4 Bushel = 2 Strike = 1 Coom
17745.536 = 64 Gallon = 32 Peck = 8 Bushel = 4 Strike = 2 Coom = 1 Quarter.
88727.680 = 320 Gallon = 160 Peck = 40 Bushel = 20 Strike = 10 Coom = 5 Quarter = 1 Wey.
177455.360 = 640 Gallon = 320 Peck = 80 Bushel = 40 Strike = 20 Coom = 10 Quarter = 2 Wey = 1 Last.
The content of the new Imperial standard gallon is fixed at 277.274 cubic inches; and this is now the standard measure of capacity, to be used throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for both spirits, wine, Ale, Beer and all other liquids; and also for every kind of grain, and all other dry commodities.
But as the capacity of the gallon is changed, so likewise is the capacity of the tierce, the hogshead, the puncheon, the pipe, and the tun, in wine and spirit measure; the firkin, the kilderkin, the barrel, the hogshead, the puncheon, the butt, and the tun, in Ale and beer measure; and the peck, the bushel, the strike, the coom, the quarter, the wey, and the last, in dry measure.
Tables of corn or dry measure
2 pints make 1 quart. qt.
2 quarts or 4 pints '' 1 pottle. pot.
2 pottles or 4 quarts '' 1 gallon. gal.
2 gallons or 8 quarts '' 1 peck. pk.
4 pecks or 8 gallons '' 1 bushel. bu.
2 bushels or 8 pecks '' 1 strike. strike.
4 bushels or 2 strikes '' 1 coom. coom.
2 cooms or 8 bushels '' 1 quarter. qr.
5 quarters or 40 bushels '' 1 wey. wey.
2 weys or 10 quarters '' 1 last. last.
New gallon 277. 274 cubic inches.
Old corn gallon 268.8 '' ''
Old corn bushel 2150.4 '' ''
New corn bushel 2218. 192 '' ''
Old Scotch boll for wheat, beans, peas, rye, salt and grass seeds, contains, 8789. 34 cubic inches, equal to 4 bushels, 2 quarts, 1½ pint of our old measure.
Cubic inches contained in each denomination, according to the new standard gallon.
Cubic inches.
277.274 = 1 Gallon
554.548 = 2 Gallon = 1 Peck.
2218.192 = 8 Gallon = 4 Peck = 1 Bushel.
4436.384 = 16 Gallon = 8 Peck = 2 Bushel = 1 Strike.
8872.768 = 32 Gallon = 16 Peck = 4 Bushel = 2 Strike = 1 Coom
17745.536 = 64 Gallon = 32 Peck = 8 Bushel = 4 Strike = 2 Coom = 1 Quarter.
88727.680 = 320 Gallon = 160 Peck = 40 Bushel = 20 Strike = 10 Coom = 5 Quarter = 1 Wey.
177455.360 = 640 Gallon = 320 Peck = 80 Bushel = 40 Strike = 20 Coom = 10 Quarter = 2 Wey = 1 Last.
