It would protect the former against the injurious competition of those who at present, by vending Wine in Bottles of inferior dimension, impose on the unwary purchaser under pretence of selling at a lower than the Market price.
The purchaser of a Dozen Bottles of Wine expects to receive Three Gallons of Wine.
Proportions of the Wine Gallon, according to the last London Pharmacopœia:—
Gallon. Pints. Fluid Ounces. Drachms. Minims or Drops. 1 = 8 = 128 = 1024 = 61,440
There are 32 ounces in a legal wine quart. Multiply by 12 quarts in three gallons. –— 384 ounces in ditto.
| Gallon. | Pints. | Fluid Ounces. | Drachms. | Minims or Drops. | ||||
| 1 | = | 8 | = | 128 | = | 1024 | = | 61,440 |
| There are | 32 | ounces in a legal wine quart. |
| Multiply by | 12 | quarts in three gallons. |
| –— | ||
| 384 | ounces in ditto. |
Measure the number of ounces your bottle holds—divide 384 by it, and the quotient will give you the number of such bottles required to contain three gallons of wine.
Some Bottles do not contain more than 26 ounces.
26) 384 (14 Bottles, 1 Pint, and a Quarter. 26 — 124 104 —– 20 Or,
Multiply 26 i. e. the number of ounces By 12 your bottle will contain. —— 312 the number of ounces
contained in your dozen
bottles, whichOught to hold 384 the number of ounces in Subtract 312 Three Gallons. —— Divide by the number} 32) 72 (2 Quarts and half a Pint of ounces in a Quart,} 64 short of measure. — 8 ounces. So, instead of Three Gallons—you have only Two Gallons, one Quart, and a Pint and a half.
| 26) | 384 | (14 Bottles, 1 Pint, and a Quarter. |
| 26 | ||
| — | ||
| 124 | ||
| 104 | ||
| —– | ||
| 20 |
| Multiply | 26 | i. e. the number of ounces |
| By | 12 | your bottle will contain. |
| —— | ||
| 312 | the number of ounces contained in your dozen bottles, which | |
| Ought to hold | 384 | the number of ounces in |
| Subtract | 312 | Three Gallons. |
| —— | ||
| Divide by the number} | 32) 72 | (2 Quarts and half a Pint |
| of ounces in a Quart,} | 64 | short of measure. |
| — | ||
| 8 | ounces. |
The Quantity a Bottle will contain, may easily be accurately ascertained, by Lynes’s graduated Glass measure, which holds half a pint, and is divided into ounces, &c.—it is a convenient vessel to mix Grog in.
A Pipe of Port contains, on the average, 138 Gallons, of which three must be allowed for Lees, &c.—This is enough for waste, if the Wine has been properly fined, and steadily bottled.