It is divided into 12 feet. The Rhinland rood is sometimes divided into tenths, or decimal feet, and the pace is made equal to 2 decimal feet, or ²⁄₁₀ of a rood.
Proportions between the English Weights and Measures, and those of the principal Places in Europe.
| Places. | Foot in Parts. | Pound in Parts. |
|---|---|---|
| London | 1000 | 100 |
| Paris | 1068 | 108 |
| Amsterdam | 942 | 93 |
| Rhinland | 1033 | 96 |
| Antwerp | 946 | 98 |
| Lovaine | 958 | 98 |
| Middleburgh | 991 | 98 |
| Strasburgh | 920 | 93 |
| Bremen | 964 | 94 |
| Cologne | 954 | 97 |
| Frankfort | 948 | 93 |
| Leipsig | — | 117 |
| Hamburg | — | 95 |
| Venice | 1153 | 151 |
| Prague | 1026 | 106 |
| Copenhagen | 965 | 94 |
| Nuremburgh | 1006 | 94 |
| Bavaria | 954 | 40 |
| Vienna | 1053 | 83 |
| Madrid | 1001 | 99 |
| Toledo | 899 | 100 |
| Bologne | 1204 | 127 |
| Naples | 861 | — |
| Florence | — | 123 |
| Genoa | — | 142 |
| Mantua | 1569 | 143 |
| Turin | 1062 | — |
| Dantzig | 944 | 119 |
Cubical Measures, or measures of capacity for liquors. English liquid measures were originally raised from troy weight, it being ordained that pounds troy of wheat, gathered from the middle of the ear, and well dried, should weigh a gallon of wine measure; yet a new weight, viz. the avoirdupois weight, had been introduced, to which a second standard gallon was adjusted, exceeding the former in the proportion of the avoirdupois weight to the troy weight. From this latter standard were raised two measures, the one for ale, the other for beer.
The sealed gallon at Guildhall, London, which is the English standard for wine, spirits, oil, &c. is supposed to contain 231 cubic inches; yet by actual experiment made in 1688, before the lord mayor and commissioners of excise, it only contains 224 cubic inches. It was however agreed to continue the common supposed contents of 231: hence, as 12 : 231 ∷ 14¹²⁄₂₀ : 281¹⁄₂ the cubic inches in an ale gallon; but in effect, the ale quart contains 70¹⁄₂ cubic inches; on which principles the ale and beer gallon will be 282 cubic inches.
Dry Measure, is different from both the ale and wine measure, being nearly a mean between both.
According to a British act of parliament, passed in 1697, every round bushel with a plain and even bottom, being 18¹⁄₂ inches throughout, and eight inches deep, is to be accounted a legal Winchester bushel, according to the standard in the exchequer; consequently a corn gallon will contain 268.8 inches, as in the following table.
| inches | ||||||||
| 2688 | gallons | |||||||
| 5376 | 2 | pecks | ||||||
| 21504 | 8 | 4 | ¹⁄₂ | bushels | ||||
| 172032 | 64 | 32 | 8 | quarters | ||||
Winchester Measure.
| 2 | Pints | make | 1 | Quart. |
| 4 | Quarts | —— | 1 | Gallon. |
| 9 | Gallons | —— | 1 | Firkin. |
| 2 | Firkins, or 18 Gallon | —— | 1 | Kilderkin. |
| 2 | Kilderkins, or 36 Gallons | —— | 1 | Barrel. |
| 1 | Barrel and half, or 54 Gallons | —— | 1 | Hogshead. |
| 2 | Hogsheads or 3 barrels, or 108 Gallons | —— | 1 | Butt. |
| 2 | Butts, or 216 Gallons | —— | 1 | Tun. |