10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FIRLOT»
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1
Statistical Tables Relative to the City of Glasgow, with ...
TABLE FOR PEASE AND BEANS. Conlenis of the F irloi for Pea.s'e* and Beans,
its Aliquot Parts, and Weight qf Water. This Measure is to be streaked with a
Roller. Measures. Firlot, 259859575 Half Firlot, 1199296875 14.0625 Peck, ...
2
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen
215C42 cubic inches, which is less than the wheat firlot by 46'9I5 cubic inches, or
I chopin, wanting ^ gill; and less than the bear firlot by 1055 104 cubic inches, or
2 bear pecks, wanting 7 gills. A Scotch barley boll contains 5 bushels, 3 pecks, ...
Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson, 1875
3
Lives of illustrious and distinguished Scotsman, forming a ...
A wheat firlot made according to the dimensions mentioned in the Scotch act of
parliament, 1618, viz., 19-J- inches diameter, at top and bottom, and 7£ inches in
height, Scotch measure, would be less than the true wheat firlot, (or 21 J pints of ...
4
Scottish National Memorials: A Record of the Historical and ...
burrouis of his majesteis kingdome, and all utheris his majesteis lieges, the said
rneasoure of the firlot' testifying therefore that they have given forth to the burghs '
twa measouris of the said firlot kcipand the measour of wydnes, braidnes, and ...
5
Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and ...
A Measure for the sale of Pease and Beans, called also a Firlot, containing 2398*
593 cubic inches, or about 23 Scotch Pints. And, 4. A Measure for the sale of Flax
and Hemp Seeds, called a Peck, containing 820*3125 cubic inches, being the ...
6
Charters and Other Documents Relating to the City of Glasgow ...
thairof oonteining ane inch in thicknes; with peek, half peck and fourt pairt peck
efieirand thairto, the bottome quhairof croceit with iron naillit to the same and to
the ring of the said firlot ; and the edge of the bottome entiring within the laiging is
...
Glasgow (Scotland)., Sir James David Marwick, Robert Renwick, 1906
7
Charters and Other Documents A.D. 1175-1707
thairof conteining ane inch in thicknes; with peck, half peck and fourt pairt peck
effeirand thairto, the bottome quhairof croceit with iron naillit to the same and to
the ring of the said firlot ; and the edge of the bottome entiring within the laiging is
...
8
A Proposal for Uniformity of Weights and Measures in ...
For Wheat, Rye, Pease, and Beans, striked measure -, raised from the peck,
whereof 33 are equal to a Winchcster bushel; the firlot containing _2457.6 cubic
inches. Stumpards or Forpets. 4 = Peck., 8 = 2 = Half Firlot. 10 = . 4 = 2 = Firlot. 64
: 16: ...
Scotland, John SWINTON (Lord Swinton.), 1789
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
The commissioners appointed by authority of parliament to settle the measures
and weights, in their act of Feb. 19. 1 61 8, relate, That having caused fill the
Linlithgow firlot with water, they found that it contained 2I3 pints of the just Stirling
jug ...
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A Proposal for Uniformity of Weights and Measures in ...
8 = 2 = Half Firlot. 16 = 4 — 1 = Firlot. 64 = 16 = 8 = 4 = Boll. The above firlot is =r
1 firlot 2 pints 1 chopin 1.7 cubic inches, Scotch standard measure. The above
boll is — 4 bushels 2 pecks 4 pints 19. 1 cubic inches, English standard measure.
Lord John Swinton Swinton, 1789
