MONEY--WEIGHTS AND MEASURES._The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

POUND, is derived from the Latin word _pondus_.

OUNCE, from _uncia_, or twelfth, being the twelfth of a pound troy.

INCH, from the same word, being the twelfth of a foot.

YARD, from the Saxon word _gyrd_, or _girth_, being originally the

circumference of the body, until Henry I. decreed that it should be the

length of his arm.

HALFPENNY and FARTHING. In 1060, when William the Conqueror began to

reign, the PENNY, or sterling, was cast, with a deep cross, so that it

might be broken in half, as a HALF-penny, or in quarters, for

_Four_things, or _Far_things, as we now call them.

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