10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUARTERN LOAF»
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An historical and topographical description of Chelsea, and ...
Bread, l-20th of a quartern-loaf Cheese, li ounce Beer, half a pint Bread, 1 -20th
of a quartern-loaf Milk, half a piut Bread, l-20th of a quartern-loaf Cheese, 1 \
ounce Beer, half a piut Bread, l-20th of a quartern-loaf Milk, half a pint Bread, l-
20th of ...
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AN ACCOUNT6 OF THE EXTRAORDINANRY EXPENCES Of The ARMY ...
Potatoes, 12 ounces. Bread, l-2oth of a quartern loaf. SUNDAY. Bread, 1-4- i h of
a quartern loaf. Cheefe, 1 1 ounce. Heer, half a pint. Bread, i-îoth of a quartern
loaf. Beer, J a pint. Bread, i-2oth of a quartern loaf. MONDAY. Ditto. As on Friday.
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English Reports Annotated, 1866-1900
I have to weigh all the dough for the set bread. We weigh it out in separate loaves
, viz., 2 lb., 4 lb. and 8 lb. loaves. Five ounces is allowed for every quartern loaf for
shrinkage in the oven, and every quartern loaf should weigh 4 lb. when baked.
Maxwell Alexander Robertson, 1867
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
The Price of Bread set by H is Majesty's Justices of the Peace on Saturday r.'. 'i
Pay ot May 1813, to take place on the Monday following. : □ £. s. d. , The Peck
Loaf Wheaten - .Half Peck ditto ------ Quartern Loaf ------ .., , Half Quartern ditto ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1812
5
Enumeration of the inhabitants of the city of Glasgow and ...
Although there is now no assize, the weight of the penny loaf must be in
proportion to the price of the quartern loaf. The following is a copy of the Statutory
Table to that effect. ASSIZE TABLE, FOR SHOWING THE WEIGHT OF SMALL
BREAD, ...
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The System Followed During the Two Last Years by the Board ...
People may be satisfied with a quartern loaf per week each; of late, indeed,
masters of families in London, whose servants were at housekeeping, have
allowed them one quartern loaf per week, with which they declared themselves
contented.
John Southey Somerville, 1800
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The London Medical Gazette
Sunday — Beef, roasted, 8 oz. ; potatoes, 12 oz. ; bread, one-twentieth of a
quartern loaf; beer, | pint. Monday — Pudding, (suet, 1J oz- > flour, 6 oz.) ;
potatoes, 8 oz.; beer, J pint. Tuesday — Beef, 8 oz., potatoes, 12 oz. (both stewed
) ; bread ...
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Journals of the House of Commons
Bread, i-2oth of a quartern loaf. Beef, roasted, 8 ounces. Potatoes, 12 ounces.
Bread, 1 -40th of a quartern loaf. Beer, \ a pint. Bread, i-20th of a quartern loaf.
Cheese, 1 \ ounce. Beer, half a pint. SUNDAY. MONDAY. Ditto. As on Friday.
Bread ...
Great Britain House of Commons, 1809
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Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines: Containing ...
Moreover, as a quartern loaf, for example, measures about 9 inches by 6'5 inches
by 5 inches, making a total of about 292 cubic inches, if we take nine-tenths of
that to be aériform matter, we have 262'8 inches as the aériform cubic contents of
...
Andrew Ure, Robert Hunt, 1867
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The Parliamentary Debates from the Year 1803 to the Present Time
The lord mayor, be presumed, must know that about 104- quartern loaves ought
to be made out of a quarter of wheat; and suppose the quarter of wheat to be at
80 shillings, how could the quartern loaf be raised in price to 16 or 18 pence?
Great Britain. Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard, 1815
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUARTERN LOAF»
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David Penman: 1915 Christmas with our feet frozen into our boots
"The price of the quartern loaf is 7½d, which is 2d more than in July, which is a very serious proposition to many who have only just enough to make ends meet ... «Ashbourne News Telegraph, Jan 15»
