Holograph notes on experimental verification of the cubic content of a gallon pot, on the back of an envelope addressed to Newton
The wine Gallon is recconed by the Kings Surveyors to contein 231 cubic inches the King allowing seven inches for wast of sediment &c.
By Experiment with wheat grains unshaken it is 225 but with a shake or by standing a while it shrinks to 224 inches
Wine Gallon of Copper in Yield Hall conteins 224 cubic inches. It is 4 inches square & 14 deep.
31 Edw I anno 1302
51 Hen III to the same purpose
An 8 & 9 of King Wililam The Mault Act.
12 Hen. VII
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Isaak Newton Esq{r} at his house in German street
London