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things again put to rights. To avoid any inconveniencies of that nature, the workman must be very particular in ascertaining the exact strength of his boiling ley. When English ashes are used, the strength of a boiling ley (according to the former calculation), is, 18128; when foreign ashes, 22128 parts, or, as they are commonly designed, carats. We shall here set down the former calculation of the different degrees of strength of the leys, for the greater convenience of the operator, in the form of a table.
| 128 | parts, or 4 ounces. | |
| 64128 | ditto or- 2 ounces— | 1st division. |
| 32128 | ditto or- 1 ounce— | 2d division. |
| 16128 | ditto or- 8 drams— | 3d division, |
| 8128 | ditto or- 4 drams— | 4th division. |
| 4128 | ditto or- 2 drams— | 5th division. |
| 2128 | ditto or- 1 dram— | 6th division, |
| 1128 | ditto or- half a dram— | 7th division. |
