Excerpt from British Weights and Measures: As Described in the Laws of England From Anglo-Saxon Times

These notes have been written to give a popular idea of the history of British Weights and Measures, as described in the Laws of England, since the time of the Anglo-Saxon kings, and to explain briefly the changes that have been made in them by successive generations, with a view to their simplification and improvement.

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