Quarter (unit)
The quarter (lit. "one-fourth") was used as the name of several distinct English units based on ¼ sizes of some base unit.
The "quarter of London" mentioned by weight; the ale gallon was composed of the ale filling an equivalent container; and the wine gallon was composed of the wine weighing an equivalent amount to a full gallon of grain.
Length
In measures of
International Yard and Pound Agreement set it as 0.2286 exactly in 1959.[a]
Weight
The modern statutory definition of
Weights and Measures Act 1985 as amended by The Units of Measurement Regulations 1994, defines the quarter as a unit of mass equal to 28 pounds.[6]
In measures of
corn gallons instead.[10]
The quarter (qr. av. or quartier) came to mean ¼ of a
kg): this is its (only) statutory definition since 1993.[6]
Volume
The
Weights and Measures Act 1985 (as amended) no longer shows the quarter as a unit of volume: an 1825 quarter of wheat would weigh about 494 lb,[b]
substantially more than the 1985 definition.)
In measures of liquid
litres
.
The
litres
.
Cardarelli also says it can vary from 17 to 30 imperial gallons for liquor.[18]
See also
Look up quarter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- US customary units
Notes
References
Citations
- 9 Henry III c. 25(1225).
- ^ 51 Hen. III st. 1. (1266)
- ^ a b c Stockton (1823), p. 26.
- ^ a b c Wormell (1868), p. 68.
- ^ a b Rutter (1866), p. 12.
- ^ a b "The Units of Measurement Regulations 1994". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Reynardson (1756), p. 1361.
- ^ "Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris", Sizes.com, retrieved 25 September 2014.
- Washington: Gales & Seaton.
- ^ Ruffhead, Owen, ed. (1763a), The Statutes at Large, vol. I: From Magna Charta to the End of the Reign of King Henry the Sixth. To which is prefixed, A Table of the Titles of all the Publick and Private Statutes during that Time, London: Mark Basket for the Crown, pp. 148–149. (in English) & (in Latin) & (in Norman)
- ^ Cardarelli (2003), p. 34 & 37.
- ^ "An Act for ascertaining and establishing Uniformity of Weights and Measures (17 June 1824)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 17 June 1824. p. 639,640. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
Two such Gallons shall be a Peck, and Eight such Gallons shall be a Bushel, and Eight such Bushels a Quarter of Corn or other dry Goods, not measured by Heaped Measure.
. (The date of coming into effect was 1 May 1825). - ^ "Bulk densities of some common food products". engineeringtoolbox.com. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ a b c Reynardson (1756), p. 1356.
- ^ Cardarelli (2003), p. 34.
- ^ Reynardson (1756), p. 1357–1358.
- ^ QR (1827), p. 141.
- ^ Cardarelli (2003), p. 46.
Bibliography
- Cardarelli, François (2003), Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
- "Art. VI.—1. Report upon Weights and Measures. By John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State of the United States. Prepared in obedience to a Resolution of the Senate of the 3d March, 1817. Washington. 1821. 2. An Account of the Construction and Adjustment of the new Standards of Weights and Measures of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. By Captain Henry Kater, F.R.S. Phil Trans. for 1826.", The Quarterly Review, vol. XXXVI, No. LXXI, London: W. Clowes for John Murray, pp. 139–167, 1827.
- Reynardson, Samuel (1756), "A state of the English weights and measures of capacity, as they appear from the laws as well ancient as modern; with some considerations thereon; being an attempt to prove that the present Avoirdepois weight is the legal and ancient standard for the weights and measures of this kingdom", The Philosophical Transactions (From the Year 1743, to the Year 1750) Abridged and Disposed under General Heads. The Latin Papers being translated into English, vol. Vol. X: Containing, Part III. The Anatomical and Medical Papers. And Part IV. The Historical and Miscellaneous Papers, London: Lockyer Davis & Charles Reymers
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- Stockton, A.M. (1823) [Reprinted 1839], "Cloth Measure", The Western Calculator, or a New and Compendious System of Practical Arithmetic; containing the Elementary Principals and Rules of Calculation in Whole, Mixed, and Decimal Numbers Arranged, Defined, and Illustrated, in a Plain and Natural Order; Adapted to the Use of Schools, throughout the Western Country and Present Commerce of the United States, 4th ed., Pittsburgh: J. Howe for Johnston & Stockton.
- Wormell, Richard (1868), "87. Cloth Measure", Murby's Graduated Arithmetic, Specially Adapted to the Requirements of the Revised Code, London: Thomas Murby, p. 68.