- Acre, 72, 74, 78, 87
- Acreme, 81
- Ale-gallon, 117
- Apothecaries’ weight, 140
- Arsh?n, 215
- As, 38, 94
- Austria, W. & M., 208, 220
- Averdepois, 93, 99
- Bath, 239
- Bereh, 27, 238
- Bovate, 80, 89
- Bread-weight, 128, 138
- Burma and the Straits, W. & M., 173
- Bushel, old and of U.S., 96;
- Winchester, 119;
- Imperial, 124
- Canada and Mauritius, W. & M., 173
- Carat, 35, 245; v. QirÁt
- Carucate, 82, 89
- Cask-measures, 116
- Cental, 45, 109
- Chain, 64, 73
- Chaldron, 120, 122
- Channel Islands, W. & M., 157
- Clove, 107, 110, 242
- Coal-measure, 122
- Corn-measure, 122
- Cubit, natural, 1;
- Egyptian common, or Olympic, 2, 14;
- Egyptian royal, 18;
- Great Assyrian or Persian, 23;
- BelÁdi, 25;
- Talmudic, 27, 238;
- Black, Al-Mam?n’s, 28;
- HashÍmi, 214
- Customs of Lancaster, 88
- Decimal system, 5, 182, 188
- Denmark, W. & M., 221
- Density, measures of, 198;
- Digit, 1, 4
- Dirhem, 45, 222
- Drachm, Quadrantal, 39, 50
- Quarter, 96, 105, 120, 145
- Rod, 62, 77, 84
- Roman W. & M., 38, 68
- Rood, 71, 78
- Rotl, 45, 223
- R?ba, Arroba, 224, 248
- Scotland, W. & M., 147;
- Scruple, 40, 105, 135
- Seed-measures of land, 90
- Sexdecimal system, 5
- Shaftment, 61
- Shekel, 31, 33
- South Africa, W. & M., 166
- Spain, W. & M., 210, 225, 233
- Sterling, 95
- Stone, 94, 105, 110
- Sweden W. & M., 206, 220
- Tables—
- Olympic measures of length, 17
- The five ancient cubits, 30
- Roman weights and measures of capacity, 41
- British miles and acres, 74
- ProvenÇal corn and land-measures, 92
- English measures of capacity, 125
- Standard of various Troy weights, 132
- Concordance of capacity, weight and measurement, 144
- Volume and weight of water, 146
- Marseilles and Jersey measures of capacity, 162
- Specific gravity scales of spirits, 200
- European itinerary measures, 217
- Ounces and dirhems, 224
- Original weight of dirhems, 226
- Old French measures, 267
- Conversion of Metric and Imperial W. & M., 309
- Talent, Alexandrian, 33;
- PtolemaÏc, 35;
- Greek-Asiatic, 36;
- Olympic, 42;
- Arabic, 44
- Thermometer-scales, 197
- Time, measures of, 189
- Toise, 260
- Ton, 96, 105;
- register, Errata, ‘last’ changed to ‘Last,’ “„ 306 Last line „ “our” „ “yours.””
Page 72, ‘od’ changed to ‘rod,’ “instead of the measuring rod” Page 90, ‘sÉtier’ changed to ‘setier,’ “the variable setier of seed-corn” Page 92, ‘„’ inserted before ‘10,’ “Cosso (Sc. Lug.)„10” Page 145, decimal struck before ‘1-1/4,’ “20 [oz] = 1-1/4 [lb]” Page 167, ‘Moghul’ changed to ‘Mogul,’ “Moslem conquerors, Mogul and Pathan” Page 187, ‘filus’ changed to ‘filus,’ “filus), followed by ‘XX cash.’” Page 193, ‘t me requ red’ changed to ‘time required,’ “unit was the time required to walk” Page 195, ‘epact’ changed to ‘Epact,’ “increase of the Epact during” Page 198, ‘densit’ changed to ‘density,’ “The maximum density of water” Page 198, ‘double’ changed to ‘halve,’ “Deduct 32°; halve the degrees; add” Page 198, hyphen moved from before ‘body’ to after, “Normal body-temperature is taken” Page 201, ‘er ai’ changed to ‘certain,’ “certain distance in a certain time” Page 222, dittos replaced with original text, “is 144 dirhems of 47·66 grs.” Page 224, ‘ruba’ changed to ‘ruba,’ “divided into 4 ruba and” Page 252, ‘onomatopÆic’ changed to ‘onomatopoeic,’ “belong to an onomatopoeic class” Page 255, ‘gallons’ value inserted for ‘Spain,’ “Spain,64·55„14·23„” Page 282, ‘decimales’ changed to ‘dÉcimales,’ “À 2 heures 10 minutes dÉcimales” Page 299, ‘alterative’ changed to ‘alternative,’ “have alternative decimal series” |
|