The Quarterly Review, Volume 36William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1827 - English literature |
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Page 148
... avoirdupois pound was to the old commercial pound , as 27 to 28. The eighth part of the cubic foot , or 216 inches , was the old fluid gallon ; and the cubic foot was supposed to contain exactly 1000 ounces avoirdupois of water . This ...
... avoirdupois pound was to the old commercial pound , as 27 to 28. The eighth part of the cubic foot , or 216 inches , was the old fluid gallon ; and the cubic foot was supposed to contain exactly 1000 ounces avoirdupois of water . This ...
Page 156
... avoirdupois , and such also as would admit of the quart and pint containing integer numbers of ounces , without any frac- tional parts . That , as the weight of water appears to afford the best and most simple method of checking ...
... avoirdupois , and such also as would admit of the quart and pint containing integer numbers of ounces , without any frac- tional parts . That , as the weight of water appears to afford the best and most simple method of checking ...
Page 166
... avoirdupois weights , and any vessel which , when filled , will hold ten avoirdupois pounds of water , is the legal imperial gallon ; the vessel which holds two and a half pounds , the quart ; that containing one and a quarter pounds ...
... avoirdupois weights , and any vessel which , when filled , will hold ten avoirdupois pounds of water , is the legal imperial gallon ; the vessel which holds two and a half pounds , the quart ; that containing one and a quarter pounds ...
Contents
No LXXI | 1 |
The Poetical Works of John Milton with Notes of | 29 |
Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone Founder of the United | 61 |
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