Statistical and population tables, relative to the city of Glasgow, with an abstract of the conversion of weights and measures for the counties of Edinburgh, Lanark, Renfrew, Dumbarton, Ayr, Bute, Stirling, and Perth / By James Cleland.

  • Cleland, James, 1770-1840.
Date:
1828
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Credit: Statistical and population tables, relative to the city of Glasgow, with an abstract of the conversion of weights and measures for the counties of Edinburgh, Lanark, Renfrew, Dumbarton, Ayr, Bute, Stirling, and Perth / By James Cleland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AS TO WEIGHTS, Second, Find, Th<it Dutch weight, or Scotch Troyes, is used only for weighing meal. One pound Dutch is equal to seventeen ounces and half an ounce Avoirdupois, therefore, its proportion to the Imperial pound Avoirdupois, is as one and nine tliouiiand three hundred and seventy-five hundred thousandth parts (1.09375) to one; and to convert Dutch to Imperial Avoirdupois, the Dutch must be multiplied by (1.09375). Find, that sixteen Dutch pounds make a stone, and nine stone a Bute boll of meal. Find, that in Arran, eight stones make a boll of meal, and hy this boll, meal is commonly bought and sold even in the Island of Bute. Find, that Iron weight is used for butcher-meat, fish, butter, and Scotch cheese, and that one pound Tron is equal to twenty-four ounces Avoir- dupois, and any number of pounds Tron is converted to Avoii'dupois, by multiplyuig the number of pounds Tron by (1.5). AS TO LIQUID MEASURES, Third, Find, That the Scotch pint is used for milk, and British spirits, &c.; find, that the Stirling Jug, or Standard Scotch pint, contains 104.2 cubic inches, and is to the Imperial gallon in the proportion of three million seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand and fifteen ten millionth parts (0.3758015..) to one; and, therefore, to convert Scotch pints to Imperial gallons, the number of Scotch pints must be multiplied by 0.S7580I5, and eight Scotch pints are slightly more, but very neai-ly the same with three Imperial gallons. Find, That the English wine gallon is used for wine and foreign spirits, and very com- monly for other spirits, and that it contains by Statute, two hundred and thii-ty-one cubic inches, and is, therefore, to the Imperial gallon, as eight million three hundred and thirty-one thousand one hundred and nine ten millionth parts (0.8331109..) to one; and tliat, consequently, to convert English wine gallons to Imperial gallons, the number of English wine gallons must be multiplied by (0.8331109..), and six English wine gallons are very nearly the same with five Impei'Isd gallons. AS TO DRY MEASURES, Fourth, Find, That all the Dry Measures used in Bute are regulated by a measure called the Bute firlot. Find, that the Bute firlot appears by a note entered in the record of the council of the bui-gh of Rothesay, in the year 1759, to have been intended to contain forty- one Scotch pints and three mutchkins, though, probably from error of adjustment, the vessel used as a Standard, and intended to be of this capacity, is a little more. The Bute firlot has accordingly been constantly estimated to contain forty-one Scotch pints and three mutchkins. Find, That forty-one Scotch pints and three mutchkins make fifteen Imperial gallons, and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and seventy-one hundred thousandth pai-ts (15.68971..); and to convert Bute firlots to Imperial gallons, the number of Bute firlots must be multiplied by 15.68971.. The Bute firlot is therefore very little more than fifteen gallons, five pints, and half a pint, Imperial measm-e.—Find, that the Bute Fou commonly caUed a bushel, is the half of the Bute firlot, and nearly equal, but about five Imperial gills less than the Imperial bushel.—Find, that four Bute firlots make a Bute boll of oats, or bear.—Find, that four Bute firlots heaped make a boll of potatoes, and that potatoes are commonly sold by weight, and five hundred weight are estimated to make a boll, or thirty-five pounds Avoirdupois to make a peck.—Find, that two Bute firlots make a Bute boll of wheat Find, that in Arran, a boll of meal is equal to eight stones Dutch, or one hundred and forty pounds Avoirdupois, and that a boll of bcai- is estimated as in Bute to be equal to four Bute firlots.—Find, that in Arran, wheat, pease, and be;ins, are sold by a boll, containing four Winchester bushels, and that this boll is to an Im])eri.-a gallon as 31.0223128.. is to one; and to convert Arran bolls of wheat to Imperial gallons, the number of Arran bolls of wheat must be multiplied by 31.0223128..; The Arran boll of wheat being very little more than thirty-one Imperial gallons.—Find, that oats ai-e sold in Arran by a boll containing eight Winchester bushels, and that this boll is to the Imperial gallon as 62.0146256 is to one : that is, an Arr.m boll of oats is little more than sixty-two imperial gallons. In witness whereof, this Verdict, consisting of this and the five preceding pages, with one marginal note on the fifth page, is subscribed by the said Chancellor and Clerk, place and date foresaid. (Signed) .JOHN M'KIlsLAY, Chancellor. AVILLIABI M'RAE, Clcrh. Eodem die et loco The Sheriff Substitute approves of the foregoing Verdict, and inter- pones his authority thereto, and to the whole proceedings. (Signed) JOHN MUIR, Sheriff-Substitute, Buteshire.