WINE, SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, ALE, BEER, and _all sorts of Liquids_, as
well as CORN, _and all kinds of Dry Goods_, are _now_ bought and
sold by _one_ measure _only_; of which the _basis_ is the GALLON,
containing _ten pounds_ Avoirdupois of distilled or rain water, and
called _the Imperial Standard Gallon_.
This new measure is _larger_ than the former WINE _Measure_ by
about _one-fifth_; therefore a gallon of Wine, or other article,
that is worth 5s. by the _old_ Wine Measure, is worth 6s. by _this_
measure; and so on at the rate of 2½d. _more_ in every shilling:
and the present _new_ gallon being _smaller_ than the former BEER
and ALE Gallon by _one-sixtieth_ part, the difference will be 1d.
upon 5s. _less_ than by the _old_ measure; that is one farthing
upon 15d. _less_, whatever may be the amount.
4 Gills make 1 Pint
2 Pints 1 Quart
4 Quarts 1 Gallon
9 Gallons 1 Firkin
10 Gallons 1 Anker
18 Gallons (2 Fir.) 1 Kilderkin
36 Gall. (2 Kild.) 1 Barrel
54 Gall. (3 Kild.) 1 Hogshead
42 Gallons 1 Tierce
63 Gallons 1 Hhd. of Wine
84 Gallons 1 Puncheon
108 Gal. (2 Hhds.) 1 Butt of Beer
126 Gal. (2 Hhds.) 1 Pipe of Wine
2 Pipes (4 Hhds.) 1 Tun
THE NEW MEASURE FOR CORN, and all other dry goods; (_except those
measured by heap_.)
2 Pints make 1 Quart
4 Quarts 1 Gallon
2 Gallons 1 Peck
8 Gal. (4 Pecks) 1 Bushel
2 Bushels 1 Strike
4 Bushels 1 Sack or Coomb
8 Bushel (2 Sacks) 1 Quarter
5 Quarters 1 Load or Way
N.B. _The Imperial Standard Gallon_, containing 10 _gallons of pure
water_, (the same as for liquids) is the _basis_ of this measure.
This is about a _thirty-second part_, or _one quart on a bushel_,
_larger_ than the former Winchester Measure; therefore a Bushel
of Oats, or _any_ quantity of _any_ thing, that is worth 2s. 8d.
Winchester Measure, is worth 2s. 9d. by _this_;—a Bushel of Barley,
Rye, or other thing, that would cost 5s. 4d. Winchester Measure,
will cost 5s. 6d. by the _new_;—and a Bushel of Wheat, Malt,
&c. worth 8s. by the Winchester Bushel is worth 8s. 3d. by the
_Imperial Bushel_;—and so on at the rate of one farthing upon every
8d. by the _new_ measure _more_ than by the _old_ measure.