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Tables of antient coins, weights, and measures, explained and exemplified in several dissertations. / By John Arbuthnot, Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society. ... To which is added, an appendix, containing Observations on Dr. Arbuthnot's dissertations on coins, weights, and measures. By Benjamin Langwith, D.D..

Just weights and measures : that is, the present state of religion weighed in the balance, and measured by the standard of the sanctuary / according to the opinion of Herbert Thorndike.

Bibliotheca classica: or, A classical dictionary : containing a copious account of the principal proper names mentioned in ancient authors; with value of coins, weights, and measures / By ... J. Lempriere ... re-edited and revised by E. H. Barker ... with the extensive and valuable corrections, improvements, and additions ... from the 7th American ed. by Charles Anthon ... to which is subjoined ... an appendix ..

An historical account of the local and imperial weights and measures of Lanarkshire, and an inventory of those belonging to the Corporation of Glasgow : reprinted at the desire of the Lord Provost and magistrates, and the Dean of Guild Court .../ by James Cleland.

The present state of the Empire of Morocco. Its animals, products, climate, soil, cities, ports, provinces, coins, weights, and measures. With the language, religion, laws, manners, customs, and character, of the Moors; the history of the dynasties since Edris; the naval force and commerce of Morocco; and the character, conduct, and views, political and commercial, of the reigning emperor / Translated from the French. Of M. Chenier.

Hebrew dictionary and grammar, without points : together with a complete list of such Chaldee words as occur in the Old Testament, and a brief sketch of Chaldee grammar ... To which is added, a new ... account of Scripture chronology ... with several useful tables of chronology, and of ancient weights and measures / by James Andrew.

A topographical dictionary of Scotland : containing a general description of the kingdom, with a particular account of the counties, parishes, islands, lakes, rivers ... : together with an account of the weights and measures of each county, the revenues of towns, and of all the religious houses at the time of the Reformation, and an elegant sheet map / by David Webster.

An historical, critical, geographical, chronological, and etymological dictionary of the Holy bible, in three volumes ... : to which is annexed, Bibliotheca sacra, or a copious catalogue of the best editions and versions of the Bible ... an ample chronological table ... a Jewish calendar, tables of all the Hebrew coins, weights, and measures ... a dissertation upon Jewish coins and medals; another upon the tacticks of the ancient Hebrews, by the Chevalier Folard / written originally in French, by ... Augustin Calmet ... and now translated into English ... with occasional remarks, by Samuel D'oyly ... and John Colson.

Itinerarium totius Sacrae Scripturae : or, The travels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, Judges, Kings, Our Saviour Christ and his Apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments, with a description of the townes and places to which they travelled, and how many English miles they stood from Jerusalem. Also a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantity, and weight / by Henry Bunting.

Archaeologia graeca, or The antiquities of Greece; being an account of the manners and customs of the Greeks, and relating to their government, magistracy, laws, judicial proceedings, religion, games, military and naval affairs, dress, exercises, baths, marriages, divorces, funerals, domestic employments, entertainments, music, painting, public buildings, harbours, weights and measures, &c., &c. chiefly designed to illustrate the Greek classics, by explaining words and phrases according to the rites and customs to which they refer. To which are prefixed a brief history of the Grecian states, and biographical sketches of the principal Greek writers. / By John Robinson, D.D. Rector of Clifton, in the county of Westmorland.

A general view of Sweden : containing, besides a geographical description of the country, an account of its constitution, religion, civil and criminal laws, population, natural riches, external and internal commerce, finances, money, weights and measures : together with the manners and customs of its inhabitants, the present state of the arts and sciences in that kingdom, and the form of government established in 1772 / translated from the French of Mr. Catteau.

Itinerarium Novi Testamenti : or, the sacred history and doctrine of the New Testament, in question and answer: with the lives and travels of the Virgin Mary and Joseph, of our Saviour Jesus Christ, his apostles, &c. an explanation of the fixed and moveable feasts, in commemoration of their lives and martyrdoms, and their successors in the church, carried down to the present time. Designed for the use of schools, and necessary in all families. To which is added, A supplement describing the universe, the calculation of time, and the regulation of seasons, months, and years. A brief chronology from the creation, to our Saviour's birth, tables of scripture-measures, weights and coins, accurately calculated, and by decimal arithmetic reduced to our English valuation; a large catalogue of remarkable scripture names, the characters and conditions of them in general. And a form of prayer founded on the scriptural accounts of our fall in Adam, and glorious restoration by Jesus Christ. Illustrated with eleven curious copper-plates engraved by the best hands / by the Rev. C.C. Brown, catechist.

The law relating to weights, measures, and weighing machines / by George Crispe Whiteley.