Report drawn up by a Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland respecting weights and measures..
Highland Society of Scotland.
Erskine, Henry,1746-1817.
Stirling: : Printed by M. Randall.,
[1812?]
Although the 'Act of Union 1707' had stipulated that weights and measures in Scotland and England should be uniform, over a century later there was a lack of uniformity within Scotland itself. This was despite a series of weights and measures acts being passed by Parliament in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Committee appointed in January 1811, makes a number of recommendations in its report to ensure the co-operation of all the Scottish counties in adopting common standards. The whole issue was not decisively tackled by the British government until the 'Weights and Measures Act of 1824', when the imperial system of units was adopted throughout Britain and its Empire.
Signed on page 24: Henry Erskine.
Although the 'Act of Union 1707' had stipulated that weights and measures in Scotland and England should be uniform, over a century later there was a lack of uniformity within Scotland itself. This was despite a series of weights and measures acts being passed by Parliament in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Committee appointed in January 1811, makes a number of recommendations in its report to ensure the co-operation of all the Scottish counties in adopting common standards. The whole issue was not decisively tackled by the British government until the 'Weights and Measures Act of 1824', when the imperial system of units was adopted throughout Britain and its Empire.
Weights and measures
Scotland Stirling.