Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-01-12

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To establish lhe iuehlly between the
advantage OF ihc mtule table over we
old ones, ana that OF the Ibic OF
United States money over EnghEh
money, as formerly Illustrated copy
herewith a lew OF the oid tablcs LOT
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This Is one simple example OF the
heterogeneous character OF the cd mea,
iurcmenis, Multiplying examples would
scarcely make the tumble OF hgures
more apparent or cause them 10 lopk
more hideous 10 one who iully compre'
hends the elect OF such CONFUSION as
an evidence OF the monsuous extent 10
Whlch tlls Organization mas oeen carried
lhaVe MI Upton OF tue United states
treasury Tor authority that ~ the Eng
llsh system OF weights ana measures
there are no less than seventy NIX units
IN common use, having hiIy-siN names.
~ tue Onlted states the pfodigiuus
elasticity OF the term bushel affords a
striking example olthe powerol Yankee
invention IA creating CHAOS out OF con-
lualon' IN me report ON the metric
system 10 lne united states senate 1879,
MI Upton mas quoted abulhlion ui
the American buahel, whose muluiudin'
Gus variations cover two octave pages
al nhe print ltesllent lalmdEc OF
the university OF Olah, ~ recent les
tuie onthe subject elaborated the ahsur'
ulues OF our WelEn'a ana measures "a
the following entertaining fashions
"ln the common units of weight we
have 10 deal with three separate tables.
each complicated Ia itself, aud bearing
no simple relation to the other systems.
refer 10 the ayoirdupois. the toy and
the apothecary's weights. These have
but one unit in cUmm1U-tnc grain.
Thus an avoirdupOis dfagIm contains
AIN grains, aud an dpothcCary's
dfachm 90 grains. Jhr troy pound
contains 5.75o grains. while 400 avuirdu.
pois pound consists OF 1903 grains.
Such complications are rendered ihe
more annoying by the provincial SIG
niiicliiuns given To terms ul measure
ment in trade. Thus In Great Britain.
large cod, II hooked, are sold hy die
score; Travelled cod, so much apiece
and picked cod by the barrel. Ihaye
no desire 10 e1aggcratc the eccentric
basis.o barter common amlng our
Transatlantic friends, so Gull the fol
lowing facts OF British trade from a
comparatively recent article boy 400
English writer-MG. Cousins. OF Leeds.
Al Grimshy an important fish market.
style Of weights and measures, very
different from that used at Bllngsgatr
is adopted. Thus, while 40 the latte,
place OF unslyoy repute, fish may be
disposed OF by the pound. the
stone. '.he pair 'Jle basket aud
the hundred, the G'msHy dealings
~ fish are conducted largely by 'Jhr
box and the LAST lts said that al
GHmsby q customer recently called for
stone Of oysters and was informed
that there oysters were not
sold by weight but but measure.
All, replied the intended purchaser
'Iet me have @ yard loo Ireland but,
ter is sold 10y the cask, and the hrNn,
IN England by the pound ,lA ounces,