Measures and Weights.
Mensuræ & Pondera.
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We measure things that hang together
with an _Eln_, 1.
liquid things
with a _Gallon_, 2.
and dry things
by a _two-bushel Measure_, 3.
Res continuas metimur
_Ulnâ_, 1.
liquidas
_Congio_, 2.
aridas
_Medimno_, 3.
We try the heaviness of things
by _Weights_, 4.
and _Balances_, 5.
Gravitatem rerum experimur
_Ponderibus_, 4.
& _Librâ_ (bilance), 5.
In this is first
the _Beam_, 6.
in the midst whereof
is a little _Axle-tree_, 7.
In hâc primò est
_Jugum_ (Scapus), 6.
in cujus medio
_Axiculus_, 7.
above the _cheeks_ and the _hole_, 8.
in which the _Needle_, 9.
moveth it self to and fro:
superiùs _trutina_ & _agina_, 8.
in quâ _Examen_, 9.
sese agitat:
on both sides are
the _Scales_, 10.
hanging by _little Cords_, 11.
utrinque sunt
_Lances_, 10.
pendentes _Funiculis_, 11.
The _Brasiers balance_, 12.
weigheth things by hanging
them on a _Hook_, 13.
and the _Weight_, 14.
opposite to them which
_Statera_, 12.
ponderat res, suspendendo
illas _Unco_, 13.
& _Pondus_, 14.
ex opposito, quod
in (a) weigheth just as much
as the thing,
in (b) twice so much
in (c) thrice so much, &c.
in (a) æquiponderat
rei,
in (b) bis tantum,
in (c) ter, &c.