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Britannica 1911: old English standards

Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica Year: 1911 Length: 315 characters Difficulty: demanding Public domain

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Besides these ancient standards of England (1495, 1588, 1601) there are at the council chambers of Edinburgh and Linlithgow some of the interesting standards of Scotland, as the Stirling jug or Scots pint, 1618; the choppin or half-pint, 1555 (fig. 7); the Lanark troy and tron weights of the same periods (fig. 8).

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The eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica appeared between 1910 and 1911 in twenty nine volumes, and its copyright has long expired. This passage lists old English and Scottish standards by year, from 1495 to 1618, including the Stirling jug used for the Scots pint. Dates in brackets and semicolons between them make it a precise exercise for the number keys. Wikisource has transcribed the whole edition article by article.

About this text

The eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica appeared between 1910 and 1911 in twenty nine volumes, and its copyright has long expired. This passage lists old English and Scottish standards by year, from 1495 to 1618, including the Stirling jug used for the Scots pint. Dates in brackets and semicolons between them make it a precise exercise for the number keys. Wikisource has transcribed the whole edition article by article.

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Years inside brackets and semicolons between them, so the digit row, the bracket keys and the semicolon all appear in one line.

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