Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-19

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pece. The Bank notes ought 70 be worth - much -
'pece. Why then are they not required TO redeem
heir circulation with treasury notes or bond, hhbe.
many or most Of them do receivs and pay out usa
u'y notss II 10. this admits that the bsss Of plan
better than srs for issues will be les In pre-
,oron to capital, and the security nearly OF quite
| treble that upon which theirs Is made. N.
rHE DECIMAL SYSTEM FOR THE CONFEDERATE
STATES = ogRRENcY, WEIGHTS AND MEAS.
UREs-BY J.sH. VERNON.
To u. Editor Of nk Wing
We have n,w four disno. measures Of capacity, a
f,lloWs: VINE measure, bsr msas,rs, opotheesris'
asaslpe aud dry All these measures may bs
,ivantageously superseded by one on the following
| blsis
SCALE or CAPACITY nEAsuRs.
~ grans--l scrupe.
10 scruples-l dram.
10 drams-l gill.
10 glls-l pint
10 pnis-l gallon.
10 gsllons-l snksr.
10 ankers-l tun.
Tae v;n, gallon, or Wnehssfr gs,ion, 10 now the
,iauda In this country and Great Britain Il contains
sS cubic incl c. or ten pounds Of distilled water ct the
maximum density.
The gallon the stu dard unit In this SCALE and viii
coataia exactly pounds avoirdHpois Of dstiisd
The contents Of essss may be obtained, not only With
greater sas, but with greater accuracy, BY means Of
Angling than by guagin9.
The sealss of ,ssqM and msasys colneiis With each
oher. When the price Of any denomination on any
s,e ia known the prices Of al othen that scale
aso known.
The figures used to express any quantity 10 thsse
sales show the numb.r OF Zach denomination In that
quantity. Ezaapls G7.ss5 ounces may be read
,ons centals, stones, pounds, ounces; or 81
oentals, stores, pounds, ounces or e7s stones,
pounds, oGnces or 6,7s9 pounds, ounces.
Toe prevailing opinion throughout Europe ia now val
u,tion by weight. Dry has nearly become or.
pcte in France and England and there seems to be no
r. .son why it should be excluded from country;
al that all articles nov measured, sold BY the meas
lre should be sold by weight There seems to be no
uform fixed quantity for the bashsl 10 the several
'..,es. bushel Of wheat corn, oats, etc, represent
fsrent quantities ia different cities hence the bshsi
yer has been uniform standard Of measure and ne
v:r should be.
scALE OF LIsEAL NEAsCRK.
10 seconds inch.
10 inches--l foot.
10 feet rod.
The foot is the standard ua aud remains unchanged
II Is presumed that the rod Of 10 feet will answer
every purpose OF commerce.
As the yard is derived from the foot this scae should
Is#er all purposes for measuring CLOTH ribbons d.
should the old barbsrous customs demand the yard the
f,lowlng scale may be adopted:
CLOTH MEASURE.
10 parts--l nail.
10 nals-l yard.
Here the yard the standard unit and divided into
| % parts
The nsv nail will be SIS Of the present inches, Wils
The old nail Is only inches But the naa being ths
etentb Of the yard In qaaatity will bs the onetsnth
oi the yard In price.
IN SQUARE AND cuHIc MKAsURE,
As matter Of course. dow from the scale Of length.
sQCAM MEASURE.
100 squafe seconds squire inch.
100 square inches-l square foot.
loo square feet square rod.
SCALE cUBIc NKAsukE.
100 cubic seconds--l cubic inch.
100 cubic inches cubic foot.
l000 cubic feet cubic rod.
The squ,rd rod Of 100 feet, nov used BY builders,
pisterers saters etc., under the Of "a square Of
r,Ofng," Is psrfe,tly consistent With this system.
IAxD MEASURE.
10 square liaks-l square stsf.
10 square staff.-l square rod.
10 tq1are rods l square plat.
10 square plats-l tquare chain.
10 square h,ins Il tqasre acre.
Here the acre is the 'tsndird Of ~Hit. The kink h