 The unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other measures of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods, shall be derived, shall be the gallon containing ten imperial standard pounds weight of distilled water weighed in air against brass...  A Treatise on Hydrostatics - Page 104by Sir George Greenhill - 1894 - 536 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1878 - 492 pages
...As to the measures by which corn and other goods now commonly sold by measure, the Act says : — " The unit or standard measure of capacity, from which all other measures of capacity, as well for liquid as for dry goods, shall be derived, shall be the gallon containing ten imperial standard... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1831 - 986 pages
...That the gallon, containing 10 Ib. Avoirdupois weight of distilled water, shall be the unit or only standard measure of capacity, from which all other measures of capacity, as well for wine, beer, ale, spirits, and all sorts of liquids, as for dry goods not measured by heaped measure,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1878 - 760 pages
...ounce troy. All the foregoing weights except the ounce troy shall be deemed to be avoirdupois weights. 15. The unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other Imperial meameasures of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods, shall be snres .of derived,... | |
 | Canada - 1879 - 462 pages
...except the ounce Troy, shall be a7ofrdu3pois. deemed to be avoirdupois weights. Standard gallon. 16. The unit or standard measure of capacity, from which all other measures of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry 146 goods shall be derived, shall be the gallon containing ten Dominion standard... | |
 | Henry John Stephen, James Stephen - 1880 - 824 pages
...other weights, and all measures having reference to weight, shall he ascertained. And with regard to the unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other measures, as well for liquids as for dry goods, shall he ascertained, — it shall be the gallon containing ten... | |
 | James Shaw Sinclair - 1891 - 430 pages
...premises, and even though the store was kept in another town : Stallard v. Marks, 3 QBD, 412. (/) " The unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other measures of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods, shall be derived, shall be the gallon containing ten (10) Dominion Standard... | |
 | Scotland - 1900 - 664 pages
...except the ounce troy shall be deemed to be avoirdupois weights. 15. IMPERIAL MEASURES OF CAPACITY. — The unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other measures of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods, shall be derived, shall be the gallon containing ten imperial standard... | |
 | Frederick Stroud - 1903 - 820 pages
...include all persons holding or having any interest in or under any Gale or Gales " (s. 2). GALLON. — " The Unit or Standard Measure of Capacity from which all other Measures of Capacity (as well for Liquids as for Dry Goods) shall be derived, shall be the Gallon, containing 10 Imperial Standard... | |
 | Harold Sydney Jones - 1909 - 688 pages
...weight. [The "apothecaries'" ounce is of the same weight as the troy ounce of 480 imperial grains.] The unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other measures of capacity, as well for liquids as for dry goods, are derived, is the gallon containing ten imperial standard pounds weight... | |
 | Sioux City (Iowa). - 1911 - 502 pages
...pounds; Onion bottom sets, 32 pounds ; and the half bushel shall be obtained by dividing by two, and the unit or standard measure of capacity from which all other measures of such articles shall be derived, shall be the half bushel furnished the state of Iowa by the United... | |
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