Historical units
Scottish Units
Ref.: A Complete System of Practical Arithmetic, 1869, (Scottish School-Book Association)
| Scotch Dry Measure |
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| Marked | |
| lip | 4 lippies = 1 peck |
| pks | 4 pecks = 1 firlot |
| fir | 4 furlots = 1 boll |
| b | 4 bols = 1 quarter (qr) |
| Lippies | Peck | | Scotch | Imperial |
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| 4 | 1 | Firlot | |
1 lip | ½ gallon |
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| 16 | 4 | 1 | Boll | |
1 peck | 1 peck |
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| 64 | 16 | 4 | 1 | Qr | | 1 firlot | 1 bushel |
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| 128 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 boll = | ½ qr |
| Scotch Money |
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| 2 pennies | 1 bodle | one-sixth penny sterling |
| 4 pennies | 1 plack or groat | one-third penny sterling |
| 6 pennies | 1 bawbee | 1 halfpenny sterling |
| 12 pennies | 1 shilling | 1 penny sterling |
| 20 shillings> | 1 pound | 1s 8d sterling |
| 13s 4d | 1 mark | 1s 1 and 1/3d sterling |
| to reduce Scotch money to Sterling, divide by 12 |
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| Scotch Weights |
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| These were the Tron and Troy weights thus divided |
| 16 drops | 1 oz |
| 16 oz | 1 lb |
| 16 lb | 1 stone |
| The oz Tron was equal 641·6337 Imp. troy grains |
| The oz Troy was equal 478·309 Imp. Troy grains |
Scotch Lineal and Land Measure
The Scotch ell was divided into 37 inches; and, though it has been found by accurate measurement to be equal to37·0598 Imperial inches, yet it seems generally understood that it was meant to be equal to 37 Eng. or Imp. inches; 6 ells made a fall, and 4 falls, or 24 ells, made a chain. And in Land measure, 36 sq. ells = 1 sq. fall, 40 falls = 1 rood, 4 roods = 1 acre. As the Scotch chain has long been made equal to 74 Imp. feet
- To convert Scotch into Imperial acres, multiply by 1·257116
- To convert Imp. into Scotch acres, multiply by 0·795476
- Assuming the ell to be 37·0598 in., multiply by 1·26118, and by 0·7929
- The Scotch mile = 80 chains = 80 × 74, or 74·1196 = 1973-1/3 yds, or 1976·52 yds.
| Scotch Liquid Measure |
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| | Cub. Inch | Imp. Gall. | Imp. pint |
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| | 1 gill | 6·5127 | 0·0235 | 0·19 |
| 4 gills | 1 mutchkin | 26·0509 | 0·0939 | 0·75 |
| 2 mutchkins | 1 chopin | 52·1017 | 0·1879 | 1·50 |
| 2 chopins | 1 pint | 104·2034 | 0·3758 | 3·01 |
| 2 pints | 1 quart | 208·4068 | 0·7516 | 6·01 |
| 4 quarts | 1 gallon | 833·627 | 3·0065 | |
| 8 gallons | 1 barrel | |
(Ed: Imperial Pints column added)
| Scotch Wheat Measure |
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| | Cub. Inch | Imp. Gall. |
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| | 1 lippie | 183·395 | 0·49913 |
| 4 lippies | 1 peck | 533·581 | 1·99651 |
| 4 pecks | 1 firlot | 2214·322 | 7·98605 |
| 4 firlots | 1 boll | 8857·289 | 31·94419 |
| 16 bolls | 1 chalder | |
| The wheat firlot contained 21-1/4 Scotch pints, and was used for wheat, pease, beans, rye and salt |
| Scotch Barley Measure |
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| | Cub. Inch | Imp. Gall. |
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| | 1 lippie | 201·894 | 0·72814 |
| 4 lippies | 1 peck | 807·576 | 2·91256 |
| 4 pecks | 1 firlot | 3230·305 | 11·65023 |
| 4 firlots | 1 boll | 12921·222 | 46·60094 |
| 16 bolls | 1 chalder | |
| The barley firlot contained 31 Scotch pints, and was used for barley, malt and oats. |
