Historical units

for reference

Scottish Units

Ref.: A Complete System of Practical Arithmetic, 1869
(Scottish School-Book Association)

Scotch Dry Measure
Marked
lip	4 lippies = 1 peck
pks	4 pecks = 1 firlot
fir	4 furlots = 1 boll
b	4 bols = 1 quarter (qr)

Lippies	Peck					Scotch	Imperial
4	1	Firlot				1 lip	½ gallon
16	4	1	Boll			1 peck	1 peck
64	16	4	1	Qr		1 firlot	1 bushel
128	32	8	2	1	...	1 boll =	½ qr

Scotch Money
2 pennies	1 bodle	one-sixth penny sterling
4 pennies	1 plack or groat	one-third penny sterling
6 pennies	1 bawbee	1 halfpenny sterling
12 pennies	1 shilling	1 penny sterling
20 shillings>	1 pound	1s 8d sterling
13s 4d	1 mark	1s 1 and 1/3d sterling
to reduce Scotch money to Sterling, divide by 12

Scotch Weights
These were the Tron and Troy weights thus divided
16 drops	1 oz
16 oz	1 lb
16 lb	1 stone
The oz Tron was equal 641·6337 Imp. troy grains
The oz Troy was equal 478·309 Imp. Troy grains

Scotch Lineal and Land Measure

The Scotch ell was divided into 37 inches; and, though it has been found by accurate measurement to be equal to37·0598 Imperial inches, yet it seems generally understood that it was meant to be equal to 37 Eng. or Imp. inches; 6 ells made a fall, and 4 falls, or 24 ells, made a chain. And in Land measure, 36 sq. ells = 1 sq. fall, 40 falls = 1 rood, 4 roods = 1 acre. As the Scotch chain has long been made equal to 74 Imp. feet,

To convert Scotch into Imperial acres, multiply by 1·257116
To convert Imp. into Scotch acres, multiply by 0·795476
Assuming the ell to be 37·0598 in., multiply by 1·26118, and by 0·7929
The Scotch mile = 80 chains = 80 × 74, or 74·1196 = 1973-1/3 yds, or 1976·52 yds.

Scotch Liquid Measure
		Cub. Inch	Imp. Gall.	Imp. pint
	1 gill	6·5127	0·0235	0·19
4 gills	1 mutchkin	26·0509	0·0939	0·75
2 mutchkins	1 chopin	52·1017	0·1879	1·50
2 chopins	1 pint	104·2034	0·3758	3·01
2 pints	1 quart	208·4068	0·7516	6·01
4 quarts	1 gallon	833·627	3·0065
8 gallons	1 barrel

(Ed: Imperial Pints column added)

Scotch Wheat Measure
		Cub. Inch	Imp. Gall.
	1 lippie	183·395	0·49913
4 lippies	1 peck	533·581	1·99651
4 pecks	1 firlot	2214·322	7·98605
4 firlots	1 boll	8857·289	31·94419
16 bolls	1 chalder
The wheat firlot contained 21-1/4 Scotch pints, and was used for wheat, pease, beans, rye and salt

Scotch Barley Measure
		Cub. Inch	Imp. Gall.
	1 lippie	201·894	0·72814
4 lippies	1 peck	807·576	2·91256
4 pecks	1 firlot	3230·305	11·65023
4 firlots	1 boll	12921·222	46·60094
16 bolls	1 chalder
The barley firlot contained 31 Scotch pints, and was used for barley, malt and oats.