Old weights and measures (Scotland)
In Scotland , despite the English rule, local units were preserved for a long time , also in Ireland , but not in Wales. The names of the dimensions are partly identical and their sizes are also the same, but there are also considerable differences.
length
inch | inch | ≈ 25.54 mm = 2.554 cm | |
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foot | foot | 12 inch | ≈ 306.45 mm = 3.0645 dm |
ell | Cubit | 37 inch | ≈ 945 mm = 9.45 dm |
case | 6 ell = 18½ feet | ≈ 5.669 m ( meters ) | |
mile | mile | 320 case | ≈ 1.8142 km |
Feet and inches were only slightly higher in Scotland than in England , where the little Elle and case was not widespread. The Scottish mile is significantly larger than the English country miles and is almost the length of a nautical mile (1.852 km). The 37 inch King David's cubit was used (in tailoring) throughout Scotland from the 12th to the 19th centuries, but there were local variations up to 41 inches .
volume
gill | ¼ mutchkin | ≈ 107.661 ml ≈ 1.08 dl | |
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mutchkin | ½ chopin | ≈ 430.6644 ml ≈ 4.31 dl | |
chopin | ½ pint | ≈ 861.3288 ml ≈ 8.61 dl | |
pint | pint | ⅛ gallon | ≈ 1.7226576 l ( liter ) |
gallon | gallon | 827.23 in³ | ≈ 13.781261 l ≈ 1.378 dal |
Only the gill is similar in size to its English counterpart (142 ml, US: 118 ml). The Scottish pints and gallons are around three times the size of the English ones (568 ml and 4.55 l). The others, mutchkin and chopin , did not exist in the south of the island.
Surname | wheat | barley | |
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chalder | 16 boll | ≈ 2304.50 l | ≈ 3361.86 l |
boll | 4 firlot | ≈ 144.03 l | ≈ 210.12 l |
firlot | 4 peck | ≈ 36.01 l | ≈ 52.53 l |
peck | 4 lippie | ≈ 9.00 l | ≈ 13.13 l |
lippie, forpet | 1 21/64 pint | ≈ 2.25 l | |
1 15/16 pint | ≈ 3.28 l | ||
pint | ≈ 1.69 l |
Weight
Surname | German | "Troy" | "Trone" | ||||
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Precious metals | Others | ||||||
stone | stone | 16 pounds | |||||
≈ 7.90 kg | ≈ 9.87 kg | ||||||
pound | lb | 12 ounce | 16 ounce | 20 ounce | |||
= 373.2417216 g | ≈ 493.517 g | ≈ 616.896 g | |||||
ounce | ounce | 16 drop = 480 grain | 16 drop = 476 grain | ||||
= 31.1034768 g | = 30.84428116 g | ||||||
drop | 30 grain | 29¾ grain | |||||
= 1.9439673 g | = 1.9277675725 g | ||||||
grain | Grain, gran | = 64.79891 mg (by definition) |
The values given are partly based on the current definition of grain , partly they are measured. For precious metals, the pound, ounce and grain correspond to the English Troy system. The "trone" system was abolished in 1617 , but lasted for several decades.
See also: Anglo-American system of measurement