1. Introduction 65 2. Evolution of geometric land-measures 66 3. The story of English land-measures 71 4. Feudal land-measures 75 5. Terms used in old land-measures 77 6. The yard and the verge 82 7. How the rod came to be 5-1/2 yards 84 8. How the acre came to be 160 square rods 87 9. Customs of Lancaster 88 10. Seed-measures of land 90 CHAPTER VII ENGLISH COMMERCIAL WEIGHTS 1. The story of Averdepois 93 2. The Imperial pound 102 3. Scientific and medicinal divisions of the pound 104 4. The long hundredweight 105 5. Wool and lead weight 109 6. Trade-units of weight 112 CHAPTER VIII ENGLISH MEASURES OF CAPACITY 1. The old wine-measures 114 2. The ale-gallon 117 3. Corn-measure 118 4. The quarter and the chaldron 120 5. Coal-measure 122 6. The Imperial gallon 123 7. Medicinal fluid-measures 126 CHAPTER IX THE MINT-POUNDS 1. The Saxon or Tower pound 127 2. The Troy pound 129 How the averdepois pound was of 7000 grains 133 3. The pride and fall of Troy 136 The assize of bread 138 The disappearance of the Troy pound 139 CHAPTER X THE CUBIC FOOT AND THE TON REGISTER Concordance of capacity, weight, and measurement 145 Volume and weight of water at different temperatures 146 CHAPTER XI SCOTS, IRISH, AND WELSH MEASURES AND WEIGHTS 1. Scotland 147 2. Ireland 155 3. Wales 156 CHAPTER XII MEASURES AND WEIGHTS OF SOME BRITISH DOMINIONS