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 Excheq^r. Weights.	And the Tower Weights
	The two drachms $\frac{1}{4}$ gra heavier	The 2 single Drachms heavier then the other $\frac{1}{8}$ p^t of grain each
	The two q^rter ounces exact	The halfe ounce $\frac{1}{4}$ graine heavier
	The 4 ounce w^tts. exact	The ounce $\frac{1}{4}$ gra full havier {sic}
	The 32 oz w^tt. $\frac{1}{2}$ gra full heavier	The two ounce $\frac{1}{2}$ gra full heavier
	The 64 oz w^tt. $\frac{1}{2}$ gra heavier lighter	The 4 oz pile small weights	}	1 gra $\frac{1}{4}$
		The 8 ounce w^tt $\frac{1}{2}$ gra full heavier
		The 16 oz w^tt. 1 gra $\frac{1}{2}$ heavier
		The 64 oz w^tt. $\frac{1}{2}$ gra. 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