Miscellaneous Weights & Measures
Item Detail Weight Unit Bag of cocoa 112 lbs Bag of coffee 140 -168 lbs Bag of hops 280 lbs Bag of pepper (black) 316 lbs Bag of pepper (white) 168 lbs Bag of rice 168 lbs Bag of sago 112 lbs Bag of sugar 112 - 196 lbs Bale of cotton (Egyptian) 700 - 740 lbs (Indian) 500 - 600 lbs (USA) 400 - 500 lbs Bar (at the mint) of gold 400 ozs troy silver 1000 - 1100 ozs troy Barrel of butter 4 firkins 224 lbs Barrel of cured herrings
(Scotland)
26.67
gallons
Barrel of soft soap 256 lbs Barrel for liquors are of the following names and size: Firkin 0.25 barrels 9 gallons Kilderkin 0.5 barrels 18 gallons Barrel 36 gallons Hogshead 1.5 barrels 54 gallons Puncheon 2 barrels 72 gallons Butt of ale 3 barrels 108 gallons Anker 10 gallons Tierce 42 gallons Pipe of Port 115 gallons Madeira 92 gallons Sherry 108 gallons Hogshead of Brandy 60 gallons Claret 46 gallons Port 57 gallons Madeira 54 gallons Sherry 46 gallons Bushel of barley 56 lbs coal 80 lbs oats 39 lbs rye 60 lbs wheat 60 lbs Chaldrun of coal 85 lbs Chest of cloves 200 lbs Chest of tea 84 lbs Cord of wood 128 cu. ft. Cran of herrings 37.5 gallons Hogshead of sugar 13 -16 cwt Hogshead of tobacco 12 - 18 cwt Last of herrings 13,200 herrings Last of hides 12 dozen Last of wool 12 sacks Load of hay or straw 36 trusses Long hundred of herrings 33 warps 132 herrings Matt of cloves 80 lbs Peck of flour 14 lbs Pig of ballast 56 lbs Pocket of hops 168 - 224 lbs Quarter of wheat 480 lbs Sack of coal 224 lbs Sack of flour 280 lbs Sack of potatoes 168 lbs Sack of wool 364 lbs Square of flooring 100 sq. ft. Stack of wood 108 cu. ft. Stone of meat 8 lbs Ten hundred herrings 1320 herrings Ton of hay 36 trusses Truss of new hay 60 lbs Truss of old hay 56 lbs Truss of straw 36 lbs Warp of herrings 4 herrings For more information contact Mearsecroft
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