Davis County Clipper | 1922-06-09 | Page 7 | Original Weights and Measures

original weight and moy Mear artt ires weights were oSeI nally taken from grains of wheat sine the jews ascribe ba weights and to coln cola the egyptians to and the greeks greek to ller hermes nies an interesting series of copper weights dowtin the british museum admirably in the form of lions 16 in nuo number iber and diminish ing in graduation from one foot to one inch ap in length was discovered by sir aulten henry lalard the noted english in the northwest palace at 4 nimrud pointed au out t by tradition as V he site of nineveh