Weights, Money and Other Measures Used by Our Ancestors

Name: Weights, Money and Other Measures Used by Our Ancestors
Price: 7.44 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780806315010

ISBN-10: 0806315016

ISBN-13: 9780806315010

Edition: 1996 (Reprint)

Authors: Colin R. Chapman

List price: $8.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $18.78

Marketplace

3 new & used from $7.44

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Written for researchers who come across unfamiliar units of weights and measurements, this is the ideal companion to keep by your side when perusing wills, inventories, accounts, and old journals. How can we possibly appreciate the ancient manorial system without an understanding of oxgangs and hides? How can we come to grips with early population listings without knowing about virgates and farthingales? We now know, for instance, that a firkin of soap weighs 64 pounds, that a hogshead of claret contains 46 gallons, that a faggot of firewood is 36 inches in length, that a chest of Indian tea weighs 126 pounds, and if that isn't enough you'll also learn that in the year 1650 you could have a…

Book details

List price: $8.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Genealogical.com
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 92
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.330
Language: English

Colin Chapman is a leading financial writer and broadcaster. He was formerly chief executive of Financial Times Television and comments regularly on the stock markets on international television.