CXXVII.

Measures and Weights. Mensuræ & Pondera.

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We measure things that hang together with an _Eln_, 1. liquid things with a _Gallon_, 2. and dry things by a _two-bushel Measure_, 3. Res continuas metimur _Ulnâ_, 1. liquidas _Congio_, 2. aridas _Medimno_, 3.

We try the heaviness of things by _Weights_, 4. and _Balances_, 5. Gravitatem rerum experimur _Ponderibus_, 4. & _Librâ_ (bilance), 5.

In this is first the _Beam_, 6. in the midst whereof is a little _Axle-tree_, 7. In hâc primò est _Jugum_ (Scapus), 6. in cujus medio _Axiculus_, 7. above the _cheeks_ and the _hole_, 8. in which the _Needle_, 9. moveth it self to and fro: superiùs _trutina_ & _agina_, 8. in quâ _Examen_, 9. sese agitat: on both sides are the _Scales_, 10. hanging by _little Cords_, 11. utrinque sunt _Lances_, 10. pendentes _Funiculis_, 11.

The _Brasiers balance_, 12. weigheth things by hanging them on a _Hook_, 13. and the _Weight_, 14. opposite to them which _Statera_, 12. ponderat res, suspendendo illas _Unco_, 13. & _Pondus_, 14. ex opposito, quod in (a) weigheth just as much as the thing, in (b) twice so much in (c) thrice so much, &c. in (a) æquiponderat rei, in (b) bis tantum, in (c) ter, &c.