Holograph notes on experimental verification of the cubic content of a gallon pot, on the back of an envelope addressed to Newton
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The wine Gallon is recconed by ye Kings Surveyors to contein 231 cubic inches The King allowing seven inches for wast of sedimt &c.
By Exp{illeg}t wth wheat grains unshaken it is 225 but wth a shake or by standing a while it shrinks to 224 inches
Wine Gallon of Copper in Yield Hall conteains 224 cubic inches. Its It is 4 inches square & 14 deep.
31 Edw I anno 1302
51 Hen III to ye same purpose
An 8 & 9 of K. Wililam The Mault Act.
12 Hen. VII
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Isaak Newton Esqr at his house in German street
London
Source
MINT 19/3/459, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UKBetween August 1696 (when Newton moved to Jermyn Street) and 16 April 1705 (when he was knighted), c. 104 words.