 | William Turner Comber - 1808 - 416 páginas
...By consent of the whole realm of England the measure of our lord the king was made, that is to say, an English penny, called a sterling round, and without any clipping, shall weigh 32 wheat corns in the midst of the ear, and xx do make an ounce, and xii oz. a pound, and viii pounds... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - 1887 - 494 páginas
...common weight into the troy,* under the name of the weight of assize ; a statute 51. Henry IiI enacted "that an English penny called a sterling round, and without any clipping, shall weigh 32 grains of wheat, from the middle of the ear, and 20 pence to make an ounce, 12 ounces a pound, 8 pounds... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1863 - 162 páginas
...I must quote the words themselves. " By the consent of the whole realm of England, the " measure of the King was made ; that is to say ; that " an English...round, and without " any clipping, shall weigh 32 wheat corns in the midst " of the ear, and 20 pence do make an ounce, and twelve " ounces one pound,... | |
 | Henry William Chisholm - 1877 - 218 páginas
...that by the consent of the whole realm of England, the measure of our Lord the King was made, viz., an English penny, called a sterling, round and without any clipping, shall weigh thirty-two wheatcorns in the midst of the ear ; and twenty pence do make an ounce, and twelve ounces... | |
 | 1890 - 1056 páginas
...that "an English penny, called a sterling, round and without any clipping, shall weigh 32 wheat corns in the midst of the ear; and 20 pence do make an ounce, and 112 ounces one pound ; and 8 pounds do make a gallon of wine, and 8 gallons of wine do make a London... | |
 | Florian Cajori - 1896 - 324 páginas
...been given in 1266, statute 51 Henry III., when, " by the consent of the whole realm of England ... an English penny, called a sterling, round and without any clipping, shall weigh 32 wheat corns in the midst of the ear, and 20 pence do make an ounce, and 12 ounces one pound, and 8... | |
 | William Hallock, Herbert Treadwell Wade - 1906 - 334 páginas
...that by the consent of the whole realm of England, the measure of our Lord the king was made, viz., an English penny called a sterling, round and without any clipping, shall weigh thirty -two wheatcorns in the midst of the ear ; 1 and twenty pence do make an ounce, and twelve ounces... | |
 | American Railway Bridge and Building Association. Convention - 1914 - 1192 páginas
...times is summed up in Act 51 of King Henry III. AD 1266, "By consent of the whole realm of England, an English penny called a sterling, round and without any clipping shall weigh 32 wheat corns in the midst of the ear; and 20 pence do make an ounce and 12 ounces one pound, and 8 pound... | |
 | Henry Vinecome Arny - 1917 - 1084 páginas
...familiar unit was the aim of Henry III., whose statute of 1266 says the penny " shall weigh 32 wheat corns in the midst of the ear, and 20 pence do make an ounce, and 12 ounces one pound, and 8 pounds do make a gallon of wine, and 8 gallons of wine do make a London bushel." This... | |
 | 1971 - 326 páginas
...used. The assize of Bread and Ale of 1 266 defined the English Tower system of weight and capacity: "An English penny called a sterling, round and without any clipping, shall weigh thirty-two wheatcorns in the midst of the ear; and twenty pence do make an ounce, and twelve ounces... | |
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An English penny called a sterling, round and without any clipping, shall weigh thirty-two wheatcorns in the midst of the ear; and twenty pence do make an ounce, and twelve ounces a pound: and eight pounds do make a gallon of wine, and eight gallons of... 
