In Scotland, the firlot was a dry measure used until the introduction of Imperial units by the Weights and Measures Act 1824. By an Act of the Scottish Parliament of 1617, the commissioners' firlot of Linlithgow was made the standard for the whole of Scotland, but in fact two units were defined for different commodities. The first, which “contained 21 pints and a mutchkin of the water of [theriver] Leith,” (approximately 36 litres) was for wheat, pease, beans, rye and white salt, c… (More on Firlot)