Statement made in the Duchy Chamber of errors in the Exchequer and Mint weights

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 19/1/126, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

August the 6^th. 1701.

In the Dutchy Chamber.

Tryed.	The Exchequer Weights.	And the Tower Weights
	The two drachms $\frac{1}{4}$ grain heavier	The 2 single Drachms heavier then the other $\frac{1}{8}$ part of grain each
	The two quarter ounces exact	The halfe ounce $\frac{1}{4}$ graine heavier
	The 4 ounce weights exact	The ounce $\frac{1}{4}$ grain full heavier
	The 32 ounce weight $\frac{1}{2}$ grain full heavier	The two ounce $\frac{1}{2}$ grain full heavier
	The 64 ounce weight $\frac{1}{2}$ grain lighter	The 4 ounce pile small weights	}	1 grain $\frac{1}{4}$
		The 8 ounce weight $\frac{1}{2}$ grain full heavier
		The 16 ounce weight 1 grain $\frac{1}{2}$ heavier
		The 64 ounce weight $\frac{1}{2}$ grain heavier

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

Faculty of History, George Street, Oxford, OX1 2RL - newtonproject@history.ox.ac.uk