The early weights and measures of mankind / by General Sir Charles Warren.

  • Charles Warren
Date:
1913
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Credit: The early weights and measures of mankind / by General Sir Charles Warren. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The pound of Irak was in common use in Asia Minor in the time of the Seleucidae (Vazquez Queipo, I., p. 351), and in Greek grains it would number 5,760. Stater. The Stater was the chief coin (weight and money) in the Early Greek system, and when gold was coined the name Statei 'was applied to the principal coin of Greece, usually conforming to the Attic standard. Therefore a Stater is a gold coin equal in weight to two Attic drachmas. Greek Measures of Capacity. The following are suggested changes in measures of capacity : TABLE XIX. Euboic. Attic. 500 b.c. to circa 200 B.c. After 200 b.c. After 160 b.c. [25 C.I. IS] [4 C.I. 6] [2 C.I. 1] C.I. Mina 36 4 Pound 2592 38-88 19-44 1 Xestes 32-4 48-6 24-3 2 Choenix 64-8 97-2 48-6 6 Chous 194-4 291-6 145-8 8 Hemiheoton 259-2 388 8 194-4 16 Hecteus 518-4 777-6 388-8 Bushel 2,160 48 — 1555-2 2332-8 1166-4 72 Metretes 2332-8 3499-2 1749-6 80 Cubic foot 2592 0 3S88-0 1944-0 96 Medimnus 3110-4 4665-6 2332-8 The first column gives the original Euboic measures; in the time of Solon the modified Babylonian measures were introduced, and subsequently further changes took place. Roman Measures. Civilized races with weights and measures may have arrived in Italy in the following order. The dates are derived generally