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FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN. 337
16 Lifpunds a /aple fchippund, 20 lifpunds a fchippund. The fchippund of Stral-
fund, commercial weight, is 20 lifpunds or 280 Ibs. ; the centner, 8 lifpunds or 112 lbs.
tee ften, 10 Ibs. In grocers’ and other fhops, a weight is ufed 3+ per cent. lighter than
that ufed in trade, fpoken of higher up.
The Swedifh as correfponds exactly with the as Troy of Holland.
The pound *, or /folpfund weighs 1 mark 7 ounces 7 grains, 8 grains poid de mare
Trench.
Dry Meafures.
Value in the Country. Cubic French inthes.
+ The Tunna or ton contains = 7386
Spanns, — es a)
Half. fpanns, _ _ 4
Fierdings or Viertels, _ 8
Koppars, -— _— 32 231
Kanne, — —_ 56 132
Stoppe, _ — 1i2
Qwarter, _ _ 448
Jungfre cert, _ —_ 1792
Meafures for Dry Goods.
Value in the Country. French cubic inches
The ordinary laft,
Laft or ton of 1000 herrings, — 12 tons.
— of foreign beer,
— of tar, pitch, whale oil, afhes, 13 tons.
— of Spanifh or French falt, oa 18 tons.
— Hemp, flax, cordage, hops, tallow, 120 lifpunds.
Kannes.
The barrel of malt, — os 66 8771
of falt and lime, — 59 7848
Ton of wheat rye, barley, oats and peas, 63 1210
res
* roo lbs. Swedifh weight is equal to 93 Ibs. 7 ounces Englifh. The Englifh pounds confequently con~
tain 9523 afles fere, of Swedifh weight, and is heavier than the Swedifh in the proportion of 329 to 299.
The ftaple {chippund weighs therefore of Avoirdupois weight Englifh, 2.99 lbs.
The fchippund (of zo lifpunds), —_ _ 373 lbs.
The lifpund, =~ _ _ 181} lbs.
« The fkopfund, ad _ _ 14 0z. 154% drams.
The tunna will contain 7888 inches Englifh, or 281062 Gallons Winchefter Dry meafure.
Spann, _ —_— — l4 pass
Halfspan, — _ ype
Viertel, ; _ _ 3arte
Koppar, rather more than 32 of a gallon.
Kanne, _ rather more than half a gallon.
Stoppe, a quart.
Qwater, - _halfa pint.
Junfre cert, yz do. :
The laft of twelve tons, 347 gallons and upwards, of thirteen, 376 gallons, and of eighteen, 5214 gal-
‘tons. One ton Englifh Avoirdupois, and 2} lbs. e
§
VOL. VI. 82
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