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 143
... measure of ale , and one measure of corn , that is to say , the quarter of London ; and one breadth of dyed cloth , that is to say , two yards ( ulna ) within the lists ; and it shall be of weights as it is of measures . " The London ...
... measure of ale , and one measure of corn , that is to say , the quarter of London ; and one breadth of dyed cloth , that is to say , two yards ( ulna ) within the lists ; and it shall be of weights as it is of measures . " The London ...
Page 155
... measure to be kept as a standard of length could be defined by comparison ; and Professor Playfair recommended that ... measures of capacity should be ascertained by the 1 That Weights and Measures . 155.
... measure to be kept as a standard of length could be defined by comparison ; and Professor Playfair recommended that ... measures of capacity should be ascertained by the 1 That Weights and Measures . 155.
Page 165
... measured by heaped measure . That the bushel , for heaped measure , be made round , with a plain and even bottom , nineteen inches and a half from outside to outside , and that it contain eighty pounds avoirdupois of distilled water ...
... measured by heaped measure . That the bushel , for heaped measure , be made round , with a plain and even bottom , nineteen inches and a half from outside to outside , and that it contain eighty pounds avoirdupois of distilled water ...
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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