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CUSTOMARY
(OLD) WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Apples, Bushel lb 40 & up
Almonds, seron cwt 1.1/4 to
2s
basket cwt 1.1/4 to 1.1/2
Jordan, box lb 25
Anchovies, barrel lb 30
Beef (Irish), tierce of 38
pieces lb 304
Brandy, hogshead imp.gals
45 to 60
Puncheon imp. gals 100 to
110
1/4 cask
imp. gals 20 to 25
Bricks, load No. 500
Bullion, bar lb15 to 30
Butter, firkin lb 56
tub lb 84
barrel lb 224
Calico, piece yds 28
Carnphor, box about cwt 1
Candles, barrel lb 120
Cheese, stone lb 16
Cider, pipe imp. gals 100
to 118
Cinnamon, bale lb 92.1/2
Cloves a rnatt, lb 80;
chest. lb 200
Coal, ton (10 sacks of 2
cwt) cwt20
Newcastle chaldron of 3
wains cwt 52.1/2
estimated for boats at cwt 53
Cochineal ,seron lb 140
bag lb
200. 70,000 insects to a lb
Coffee, tierce cwt 5 to 7
barrel cwt 3
to 11
bag cwt 11 to
11
Mocha, bale cwt 2 to 2.1/2
Cocoa bag, about cwt 1,
cask, cwt
1.1/4
Cotton Wool (Virginia,
Carolina, Georgia, West Indies)
bale lb 300 to
310
(New
Orleans, Alabama) lb 400 to 500
(East India)
bale lb 320 o 360
(Brazil), bale
lb 196 to 250
(Egyptian),
bale lb 1 80 to 280
Currants, butt cwt 15 to 20
Figs, Faro, frail lb 32
Malaga lb 56
barrel lb96 to
360
Fish, maze fish 615
last.. fish
13,200
Fish, warp fish 4
a long hundred
fish 132
a barrel of
herrings. gals 32
keg of
sturgeon gals 4 to 5
Flour, peck or stone lb 14
boll of 10
pecks or stones lb 140
sack or 2
bolls lb 280
barrel , lb
196
Ginger (Jamaica), bag,
about . cwt 1
(Barbados),
bag, about cwt 1.1/4
(East India),
bag, about cwt 1
Glass seam of lb 120
Gum Arabic, E. I. chest cwt
6
Turkey, chest cwt 4
Gunpowder, barrel . cwt 1
last 24
barrels or 2,400 lb
Hide;: dicker skins 10
last dickers
20
Hock aum . gals 30
Honey, gallon lb 12
Hops, pocket 1 cwt 1.1/2 to
2
bag nearly cwt 2.1/2
Indigo, E.I. about 3.1/2
maunds lb 260
(Guatemala)
seron . lb 250
Lead, tother, or fodder lb
2,400
Mace, case, about cwt 1.1/2
Molasses, puncheon cwt 10
to 12
Muslin, piece yds 10
Mustard, cask lb 9 to 18
Nutmegs, casks lb 200
Nuts (Barcelona) lb 126
(Messina), bag
cwt l.1/2 to 1.3/4
Oil, tun wine gals 252
imp. gals 210
ton lb 1,770
Olive, Oil, chest of 60
flasks imp. gals 125
jar imp, gals
25
Opium (East India.),chest 2
maunds, or lb 149.1/3
(Turkey).. lb
136
Pepper (black), Company’s
bag lb 316
free trade
bags lb 28, 56, 112
(white), bag,
about cwt 1.1/2
Pilchards, hogshead (about
3,000 fish) gals 40
Plums. 1/4box. about lb 20
Plums, carton lb 9
Pork (Irish), tierce, 80
pieces, or lb 320
Potashes, barrel lb 120
Potatoes, bag lb 112 and
168, bushels 4 & 5
Quicksilver, bottle, about
lb 84
Raisins,
Valencia, box,
from about lb 30 to 40
a drum, about
lb 24
a barrel cwt 1
(Malaga), a
cask cwt 1
(Turkey), a
cask cwt 2.1/2
(Ma)aga), a
box lb 22
Rice, (East India), bag
about cwt 1.1/2
(American),
cask cwt 6
Resin, barrel, about cwt 2
Rum, puncheon gals 90 to
100
hogshead gals
45 to 50
Soap;barrel lb 256
firkin, lb 64
Soda, cask cwt 3 to 4
Steel, faggot lb 120
Stone of iron lb 14
butcher’s meat
lb 8
glass lb 5
hemp lb 32
cheese lb 16
Straw load 11 cwt 64 lb
truss lb 36
Sugar (West India),
hogshead cwt 13 to 16
tierce cwt 7
to 9
(Mauritius),
mat or bag cwt 1 to 1.1/2
(East India),
bag cwt 1 to 1.3/4
Tallow, cask, about cwt 9
Tapioca, barrel, about cwt
1.1/4
Tar, barrel imp. gals 261
Tea, India, Ceylon,
Pakistan, East Africa,Indonesia.:
chest, 19 in
x19 in x 24 in approx. lb 110
half chest 18
in x 18 in x 20 in approx lb 100
Tiles, load tiles 1,000
Tobacco, hogshead cwt12 to
18
Train Oil, gallon lb 9
Turpentine, barrel cwt 2 to
2.1/2
Vermilion, bag lb 50
Whisky (Scotch), puncheon
imp. gals 112 to 120
hogshead imp.
gals 55 to 60
Wool, pack lb 2,403
tod lb 28
MEAT WEIGHT
8 pounds 1
stone
25 stone
(beef) 1 barrel
28 stone
(pork) 1 barrel
Irish Beef
Irish Pork
8 pounds 1
piece 4 pounds = 1 piece
38 pieces 1
tierce 80 pieces = 1 tierce
FISH MEASURE
SCOTCH LIQUID MEASURE
2 fish = 1
hand 4 gills = 1 mutchkin
37.1/2.
imperial galls. = 1 cran 2 mutchkins = 1 choppin
13,200 fish =
1 last 2 choppins = 1 pint
COAL WEIGHT
14 Pounds 1
Stone.
28 1 Quarter
Cwt.
56 1 Half Cwt.
1 Sack of 112
Pounds 1 Cwt.
1 Double Sack
of 224 Pounds 2 Cwt.
20 Cwt or 10
Large Sacks 1 Ton.
21 Tons 4 Cwt
1 Barge or Keel.
20 Keels, or
424 Tons ‘ 1 Ship Load.
140 Cwt or 7
Tons 1 Room
25.1/2 Cwt 1
Chaldron.
By the Weights
and Measures Act of 1889, all coal had to be sold by
Avoirdupois Weight. A truck of coal weighs;on an average
about 8 tons.
COKE MEASURE
3 Bushels = 1
Sack, 12 Sacks = 1 Chaldron.
TIMBER MEASURE
100
Superficial Feet of Planking = 1 Square.
120 Deals = 1
Hundred.
108 Cubic Feet
. 1. = 1 Stack.
120 = 1 Cord.
50 Cubic Feet
of Squared Timber, or }
40 , of Unhewn
or 1 Load or Ton. } 1 Load or ton.
600 Square .
of 1″ Planking }
WOOL WEIGHT
7 Pounds 1
clove
14 lb or 2
cloves 1 stone
2 Stones, or
28 lb 1 tod
6 Tods 1 Wey
2 Weys 1 sack
12 Sacks 1
last
20 Pounds 1
score
12 Score, or
240 lb 1 pack
In different
counties the stone of wool varies from 12 lb to 16 lb; but
the statutory value is 14 lb. Wool is weighed by wool
weight only.
BREAD AND
FLOUR WEIGHTS
1 quartern of
flour 3 lbs. 8 ozs. avoirdupois
1 quartern of
bread 4 lbs. 5 ozs. 8.1/2. drs. avoirdupois
1 peck of
flour 14 lbs. avoirdupois
1 peck of
bread 17 lbs. 6 ozs. 2 drs. avoirdupois
1 bushel of
flour 56 lbs. (4 pecks)
1 sack of
flour 280 lbs. (5 bushels)
WHEATEN BREAD
lb oz drm
A Peck Loaf
weighs 17 6 2
A Half-Peck
Loaf 8 11 1
A Quartern
Loaf 4 5 8.1/2
A Quartern (or
Quarter-Peck) of Flour 3 8 0
A Peck or
Stone of Flour 14 0 0
A Bushel of
Flour 56 0 0
A Sack of
Flour, or 5 Bushels 280 0 0
Under wartime
regulation bread had to be sold in loaves of 1 lb 14 oz or
15 oz.
Bakers are
forbidden by Statute to sell bread by the peck or quartern.
CHEESE AND
BUTTER WEIGHT
8 Pounds make
1 Clove or Half Stone.
32 Cloves or
256 lb 1 Wey in Suffolk.
42 Cloves or
336 lb 1 Wey in Essex.
56 Pounds of
Butter 1 Firkin.
84 1 Tub.
224 1 Barrel.
GLASS WEIGHT
5 Pounds make
1Stone.
120 Pounds or
24 Stones 1Seam.
HAY AND STRAW
36 Pounds make
1 Truss of Straw.
56 Pounds 1
Truss of Old Hay.
60 Pounds 1
Truss of New Hay.
36 Trusses 1
Load.
1 Load of New
Hay 19 Cwt 32 lb.
1 Load of Old
Hay 18 Cwt.
1 Load of
Straw 11 Cwt 64 lb
1 Cubic Yard
of New Hay 6 Stone or 84 lb.
1 Cubic Yard
of Old Hay 8 Stone or 1 Cwt
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