The Measures, Weights & Moneys of All Nations: And an Analysis of the Christian, Hebrew, and Mahometan CalendarsJ. Weale, 1859 - 188 pages |
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12 oncie 12 zoll 17 Sept apothecaries assay avoirdupois bissextile braccio bushels Calendar canna carats Cologne mark Commencement cubic inches currency cycle decimal divided dollar dominical letter drachms Dry Capacity ducat dwts Easter eimer embolismic English inches ENGLISH VALUE epact exchange florin foot foot France Frid fuder fuss gold and silver golden number Gregorian Hegira Hilary Term Jan imperial gallon Julian Julian Calendar June Length libbra liprando Liquid Capacity loth 1 unze lunations measures of capacity metal mètre Michaelmas Nov mile Money moon multiply number of days Number of Direction oncia palmo pence pfennig pfund piece Prussia quarters quentchen remainder Rhineland rixdollar rupee scheffel shillings silver coins solar Spanish dollar Square Square Square Square Square square yards standard sterling stübchen Sunday Thur Tisri troy ounces troy pound troy weight Tues unzen viertel weights and measures
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Page 3 - An account of experiments for determining the length of the pendulum vibrating seconds in the latitude of London.
Page 15 - May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, the Standard Measure of Capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods not measured by heaped measure, shall be the Gallon, containing Ten pounds Avoirdupois weight of distilled water...
Page 182 - Sun is the 28 years before tlie days of the week return to the same days of the month. It is found by adding 9 to the date of the year, and dividing by 28; the quotient is the number of cycles, and the remainder is the number of the cycle wanted. The Epact is the moon's age on the 1st of January. A year is 12 moons and 11 days. To determine this from 1800 to 1900, substract 1 from the Golden Number, found as above multiply by 11, and divide by 30.
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Page 31 - Committee that any alteration of it would lead to infinite complication and embarrassment in our commercial dealings ; in addition to which it fortunately happens, that its retention would afford the means of introducing the decimal system with the minimum of change. Its tenth part already exists in the shape of the florin or two-shilling piece, while an alteration of four per cent. in the present farthing will serve to convert that coin into the lowest step of the decimal scale which it is necessary...