A proposal for uniformity of weights and measures in Scotland, by execution of the laws now in force. : With tables of the English and Scotch standards, and of the customary Weights and Measures of the several Counties and Boroughs of Scotland;-Comparisons of the Standards with each other, and with the County-Measures;-Tables and Rules for their reciprocal Conversion;-And some Tables of the Weight and produce of Corn, &c. - To which is subjoined, Conjectures concerning the ancient Weights and Measures of Scotland, from the time of David I. downwards. Addressed To his Majesty's Sheriffs and Stewarts Depute, and Justices of Peace, of the several Counties and Stewartries, and to the Magistrates of the Royal Boroughs in Scotland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Swinton, John, Lord Swinton.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weights and measures--Scotland.

Weights and measures.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page,144 pages ; 8⁰

Edition:

The second edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : printed for Peter Hill, Edinburgh; and John Murray, London, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Anonymous. By John Swinton.

With a half-title.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N39788.

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