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Roman measures of capacity for things liquid, reduced to english wine measure, the wine pint holding 287/8 solid inches.

No. I.

Pints Sol. in. dec. Ligula 0,1/48 0,1175/12 4 Cyathus 0,1/12 0,4692/3 6 1 Acetabulum 0,1/8 0,7041/2 12 3 2 Quartarius 0,1/4 1,409 24 6 4 2 Hemina 0,1/2 2,818 48 12 8 4 2 Sextarius 1 5,636

Possibly No. I. may be better understood in the following form.

No. II.

Eng. wi. Solid Ligulæ. Cyathi. Acetab. Quart. Hem. Sext. pint. inch. 48 or 12 or 8 or 4 or 2 == 1 == 1. and 5.636 24 or 6 or 4 or 2 == 1 — - == 0. 17.255 1/2 12 or 3 or 2 == 1 — - — - == 0. 8.627 3/4 6 or 11/2 == 1 — - — - — - == 0. 4.313 7/8 4 == 1 — - — - — - — - == 0. 2.875 11/12 1 — - — - — - — - — - == 0. 0.718 47/48

Roman measures of capacity for things dry, reduced to english corn measure, the english corn pint holding 333/5 inches.

No. III.

Pints Sol. in. dec. Ligula 0,1/48 0,01 4 Cyathus 0,1/12 0,04 6 11/2 Acetabulum 0,1/8 0,06 24 6 4 Hemina 0,1/2 0,24 48 12 8 2 Sextarius 1 0,48

The same table in another form.